Postcards from the North

While I’m working on my next article, about the devastated suburbs south of Beirut, here are some postcards from Nothern Lebanon where things are a little more peaceful.
Lebanon isn’t all-war-all-the-time. If it were, I would not want to spend so much of my time there.

Cedars of Lebanon

Bcherre, Mount Lebanon, birthplace of Khalil Gibran

Winter sun rays over Mount Lebanon

Top of the Qadisha Valley

Woman carved into the side of a cedar tree

Jesus carved into the side of a cedar tree

The Qadisha Valley at twilight

The coastline from Byblos looking south toward Beirut
Previous Lebanon photo galleries here and here.
All photos copyright Michael J. Totten