Mount Lebanon
Driving from Tripoli to Cedars |
Aitou, a village near Ehden |
Hilltop town, Lebanon |
Aitou, a village near Ehden |
Convent of Saint Semaan |
The first signs of snow |
Mountain top villa |
Ehden, Lebanon |
Ehden |
Ehden |
Ehden |
Village church in Kfersghab, near Ehden |
Terraced fields of the Qadisha Valley below Ehden |
Qadisha Valley and the snowy Mount Lebanon range |
The road over the mountains from Cedars to Baalbek is closed in winter |
Bcharre, St. Saba Church |
Bcharre |
Bcharre |
Bcharre |
Bcharre |
Bcharre and the Qadisha Valley |
You don't think of snow in the Middle East... |
but there is lots of it at Cedars (alt. 2000m) |
Luckily there's not too much traffic |
Cedars Ski Area |
Souvenirs made of Cedar wood |
Village of Cedars |
Village of Cedars |
Village of Cedars |
Bcharre |
Mount Lebanon Range |
Heading back through Bcharre to the southern rim of Qadisha Valley |
Bcharre |
Qadisha Valley |
Bcharre |
Qadisha Valley |
Descending into the valley |
Road to the monstary on the valley floor |
Dar Mar Antonios (Monastry of St Anthony) |
Monestary of St. Eliseus |
Nativity scene in a cliffside recess, Qadisha Valley |
Qadisha Valley |
Amioun, at the foot of the Lebanon Range |
Amioun |
Shopkeeper, Amioun |
Ottoman architecture, Amioun |
Smoking the sheesha, Amioun |
Amioun |
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