Monday, November 17, 2008

  • 1:20pm A Lebanese air force Hawker Hunter jet fighter roamed the Lebanese skies as part of a drill ahead of Independence Day.
  • 1:44pm Four Israeli warplanes flew over the Chouf Mountains, the Bekaa Valley and southern Lebanon.

    Typical listings in the online news.
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We went on a loooooooooooooong hike in the aforementioned C/Shouf Mountains yesterday.

Beautiful country, home of the Druze. It was only 12 km (7 1/2 km) but felt (to me anyway) like lots more--plenty of uphill.







Above, me with MJ.

And here are some cool salamanders--black with yellow spots.

2 comments:

Gexy said...

It looks so pretty there. Do you prefer it to Washington's raining, tree covered environs?

Tom and Kris(tine) said...

They both have their pluses!