http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Lebanon/Baalbek/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Middle East , Lebanon , Baalbek en-us Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:25:46 BST Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:25:46 BST Baalbek en rabe Ba'lbakk 15761593160415761603 es actualmente una localidad del Lbano de 25.000 habitantes a unos 200 km al este de Beirut. En la antigedad fue un santuario fenicio dedicado al dios Baal fue ciudad griega y a partir de la poca de los selucidas se le llam Helipolis siendo colonia romana desde Augusto.Es uno de los yacimientos arqueolgicos ms importantes http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Lebanon/Baalbek/blog-300018.html Yesterday is but today's memory tomorrow is today's dream. Kahlil GibranMy 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 http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Lebanon/Baalbek/blog-222055.html Approximately 90 kilometers northeast of the city of Beirut in eastern Lebanon stands the magnificent temple complex of Baalbek the ruins are one of the holiest places of ancient times. Before the Romans conquered the site and built their enormous temple of Jupiter long even before the Phoenicians constructed a temple to the god Baal there stood at Baalbek the largest stone block construction f http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Lebanon/Baalbek/blog-221545.html High plateau between the mount Lebanon and AntiLebanon ranges linking the Syrian interior with the coastal cities of ancient Phoenicia. Used to be very much agricultural it isn't that much flousishing anymore apart from the cannabis cropping. Fortunately it is now better known as the centre of Lebanon's burgeoning wine industry. From Beyrouth which is my starting point for every trip I m http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Lebanon/Baalbek/blog-159107.html Well i arrived in Baalbek safe and sound and was introduced to a half Lebanesehalf Italian Dr of Archeology in Baalbek making a model of the ruins. Unfortunatly he didnt speak any english and my Arabic and Italian are non existant. However he took me around the site of Baalbek and then got the police to drive us out to see The Pregnant stone a huge block quarried for use in the temple comple http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Lebanon/Baalbek/blog-123057.html Let me start out by saying that Lebanon is one of my favorite countries on the planet. I didnrsquot see all of it and it is not that large to begin with. However what I did see was truly amazing. When I first found out that the travel study component of my semester in Egypt would be spending a week in Turkey a little less than a week in Syria and a whole week just in Beirut I thought that t http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Lebanon/Baalbek/blog-37041.html