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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