River No. 2 Beach

Last weekend we made the one hour journey down the peninsula to River No. 2 Beach, one of the country's most beautiful - where mountains stumble down into mangrove swamps and the river (a modest creek of mountain run-off) plays with the sand and the tides as it flows into the Atlantic. The are villages in the surrounding area of Peninsular Road, and the car park fee of Le 5,000 (about $1.25) goes to the community association, but the small beach is mostly populated by a smattering of NGO workers and local Lebanese families on weekends.