We went for a mammoth walk this morning. We walked all the way up from Bcharre to a small patch of Cedar trees, the national emblem on the Lebanese flag. It was gorgeous morning and walking in the early morning sun was so lovely, Djalma wasn't feeling too chatty after a lack of sleep but soon warmed up with day and we talked while we walked, all the way to the top.
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| From Bcharre, Lebanon |
The Cedar trees were enclosed by a stonewall and when the guard didn't show up to open it we jumped over the wall to walk around and take pictures.
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| From Bcharre, Lebanon |
They were incredible, so huge even despite some pretty poor tree surgery to 'make them stronger', we wandered around before climbing over a different part of the wall and following a dirt track down to the road.
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| From Bcharre, Lebanon |
We walked down the old road which meandered round the hills and decided to follow the sign to Qadisha grotto which was a mere 1.5km along a concrete path. We paid up the 10 grand for us both and wandered into the cold, dripping wet cave. Water was thundering through under the pavement and the air was cold enough to give us goosebumps. It wasn't as big or as impressive as Jeita grotto but there further we went in the better it got. The dripping water became more like a shower at the end of the walk and I didn't waste much time getting back out into the relative warmth of the fresh mountain air.
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| From Bcharre, Lebanon |
We put out feet up in the small open air restaurant and let them throb in the breeze before we continued back down the winding road to go back to bed and relax for the rest of the day.
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| From Bcharre, Lebanon |
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