Here is an invitation to celebrate Spring: let’s HIKE Lebanon MountainTrail, in Owen Sound North of Toronto, Saturday April 23rd, 2016. The hike will be in celebration of the friendship between Lebanon Mountain Trail and the Bruce Trail in Ontario, see links and...
By Lisa Robbins I arrived in Beirut three days before the start of my month-long hike in the mountains of Lebanon, the eastern Mediterranean nation bordered by Israel and Syria. I wanted to explore Beirut before heading off into the countryside, but I knew no one and...
For centuries, Lebanon has lured travellers of all kinds, from literary icons to artists and photographers, and the country’s mountain ranges have proved especially appealing. The french poet Alphone de Lamartine, who toured the region between 1832 and 1833,...
By Mehrnoush Shafiei The seven days I spent on the Lebanon Mountain Trail (LMT) were all-consuming and by the end of each day I would be completely exhausted, in the best possible way imaginable. Looking back, if I had to sum up the experience in one word I would say:...
Many of us Lebanese in the U.S. feel a sense of deep yearning for the beautiful Lebanon depicted in our grandparents’ stories, celebrated in Fairuz’s songs, or experienced in our early childhood and teenage years. We want to experience Lebanon’s charm, re-live its...
