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Safita Cham Palace

Safita Cham St. Safita, Syria

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(3) To Tripoli

A travel blog entry by oudmayer

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... somehow, it is already in need of restoration again, which is ongoing. Apparently, the idea of the design was to show, from high above, from an airplane window, the shape of the Cedar, Lebanon’s national symbol – although another story holds that the designs resembles a bird in flight, something admittedly easily confused with the shape of a Cedar, or a Phoenician boat, equally confusing. Outside the basilica ...

A Long Overdue Update

A travel blog entry by aubreycox

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... s relatives. His family lives nearby in the village of Bane. Chafie and Bedwani drove down on a Sunday to pick us up and give us an extensive tour of the area. These two men are the husbands of Toby's (Johns dad) 2nd cousins. This makes their children, John's 3rd cousins.

They picked us up around 10 and drove us to Bedwani's house. There we met Bedwani's's wife Layla, Toby's 2nd cousin, and their son. After having tea and chatting in ...

Life slows down in Zgharta

A travel blog entry by aubreycox

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... 4000 feet above the sea level, allowing for views into both Syria and the Mediterranean Sea. The oldest Maronite Church is located here, which was built in 749 A.D. During the summer, Ehden is filled with people, restaurants, and nightlife. Since it is still cold at that altitude, the village is still very empty. We saw maybe 10 people there, one of which was a Shepard herding hundreds of ...

The Castle of Krak Des Chaveliers

A travel blog entry by kdwali

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To Krak by Bus changing at Homs. Some 4 hour journey arriving early evening.

A magnificent and perfectly preserved crusader castle, possibly the best in the world and perched above the Al-Wadi valley to the west of Homs. Erected around 1200AD and relatively unchanged pays testament to its strength and durability of construction.

In its heyday it had a Garrison of ...

Lebanon and (more) tales of sunshine

A travel blog entry by suzymartin

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So we are in Tripoli/Trablous and the sun is shining. Our first impressions of Lebanon are of a beautiful landscape populated by a diverse mix cultures and religions, a place of contrast and unity. There are Parisian squares with Arabic street signs, Shoe shiners sitting outside Boutique designer shops, Palestinian refugee camps and traffic jams of gleaming Mercedes (plus a few vintage ones used as taxis), Falafel stalls, Patisseries and McDonalds, beach side palm trees ...

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