City of the Sun (Heliopolis): Photos 21 to 37

Yesterday is but today's memory, tomorrow is today's dream. -Kahlil Gibran

My plan was to transit through Lebanon to get to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, but as usual, my plans changed and I decided to just stay in Lebanon. I just kept my fingers crossed that the consequences of an expired visa wouldn't be too serious. Everything always seemed to work itself out, so my plan was to ride on this high tide of optimism.

On Sunday, Chi and I headed over to the ancient Roman ruins of Baalbek, which is charmingly referred to as the City of the Sun. It was known in the ancient times as a place for Romans to worship their god, Jupiter, so you can imagine how massive this place used to be in its glory days of 100 BC through 300 AD.

We got a late start, probably because I lagged. We rode a taxi to a local bus station...called Cola!

We got dropped of somewhere in Baalbek town and the vague Lonely Planet map guided us to the ruins. Some people complain that the LP maps are utter crap, but from my experience I've been able to navigate

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hi there, really really nice photos girl...for a mo i thought you were in Athens...really cool

Beautiful colors in the light of the magic hour. I would guess between 4 to 6 o'clock in the afternoon.

hi there, really really nice photos girl...for a mo i thought you were in Athens...really cool

Beautiful colors in the light of the magic hour. I would guess between 4 to 6 o'clock in the afternoon.