A member of the “Optimalist” heath club hacks a hole into the ice covering a canal near the village of Viazynka, Belarus on December 28, 2008. The club promotes a healthy way of living, encouraging its members to spend most of their free time in the countryside. (REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko)

Welcome to Lebanon, the land of Cedars, today is the 15th of October and we had one of our first rains, suddenly heavy showers started, and as usual almost all roads were blocked because of the Lebanese style floods. For Lebanese this is a very normal and regular issue to be held for hours in [...]