Stebbins, R. 1963 Asian Trip 15 Istanbul to Beirut Jan. 10 Wandered about terminal building for 45 mins. Saw many beautiful wimple metal earrings & bracelets, fancy Turkish slippers, Meerschaum pipes. Turkish sales-girls behind the counters with dark eyes - dark straight hair. 6:30 p.m. Left for Beirut. We are an hour behind schedule. Red sunset and city lights, last fleeting impressions of a place I will probably not see again. Time change Arrived Beirut 8:00 p.m. but found their time around 7:00pm. We must have crossed back over time line. We began approach to field at 11,000 feet with landing gear down to steepen descent. Lights of Beirut beautiful - many of them on the flat and hill sides and randomly scattered - not in rows. Scattered clouds but no ground haze. Temp. 60°. Walked about terminal slope. 9:00pm. Left for Tehran. Will fly at 33,000' Time Change Arrived Tehran 11:35 p.m. by clock in terminal. Cold. Dr. Dart believes it to be high. Left for New Delhi about 40 minutes after stop. Declarations (printed) lay on desk widely distributed throughout terminal. Chief appeal of declarations - stamp out Satan illiteracy - 80% are illiterate. We will fly at 33,000'