I might have some more stories later on the journeys but there isn’t too much to say. The travels out of Beirut were to the Beqaa Valley and Baalbek about a two hour drive one way and the other trip was to Byblos about half an hour north of Beirut.
Category: Lebanon
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Baalbek Panorama
Panorama of Baalbek on CleVR.com
Baalbek is a couple of hour drive from Beirut. It has a very ancient history. You drive out of Beirut at (Mediterranean) sea level and climb quickly over the mountains reaching a high point of 1500 meters. Then you head down into the Beqaa Valley at around 1000 meters and proceed to Baalbek which sits at around 1200 meters. Baalbek is named after Baal the Phoenician Sun God. We arrived there at sunset and I took a rapid tour of the site in the fading light. Some of the largest ever building stones are in the site.
You can also see Machgara at the bottom of the map where we visited. More on that in future postings.
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Lebanon
Here’s a sample from Baalbek. Now I need time to crank up the software and get more online. Baalbek is huge and the stones are huge. The pillars are over 2 meters in diameter!
