Cruising Lebanon & Israel

Our Cruising to Lebanon in the fall of 1994.
(Sept. 21 to Oct. 5)
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While in Lebanon we stayed at the Automobile et Touring Club Marina in Juniyeh, just North of Beirut in the Christian Zone. As far as we knew the only place you could land and stay in Lebanon and it could well be still the only place. While there 5 different militias controlled Lebanon.

The Automobile et Touring Club Marina. The marina viewed from the hill above Juniyeh. The sunset from the hill. Who controlled what in Lebanon in 1994.

We were welcomed with open arms at the marina. Visiting yacht could stay there free for two weeks, after that the cost increased every week. There might have been a dozen foreign boats in the marina. The cruisers on the Mexican boat next to us had rented a car for a week and were turning it in when we arrived. Since they had experienced no problems and traveling by private car was the only means of transportation, we rented it for a week. Although advised by the rental company to avoid the South of Lebanon and the Bekaa valley we went!!

Le Palais du Peuple at Beittedine. A Byzantine Mosaic
(about 800 AD). The crusader castle in Sidon (1228 AD). The Green Line in Beirut. 1994!!

Toward the North and the Bekaa Valley, visiting the fantastic sites at Byblos and Baalbek.

The Phenician Harbour in Byblos. Tripoli from the crusader castle. Amin Hajar stall in the sooks
and Abou Gorge. The Temple of Bacchus in Baalbek.

The Temple of Jupiter with only 6 columns left, there were 9 of them before the earth quake of 1759. One of the 120 feet tall Cedar of Lebanon tree in the Cedar of Lebanon Forest.

We left Juniyeh on October 5th for Israel but we did not tell them we were going there.
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The Automobile et Touring Club Marina.	The marina viewed from the hill above Juniyeh.	The sunset from the hill.	Who controlled what in Lebanon in 1994.


Le Palais du Peuple at Beittedine.	A Byzantine Mosaic (about 800 AD).	The crusader castle in Sidon (1228 AD).	The Green Line in Beirut. 1994!!


The Phenician Harbour in Byblos.	Tripoli from the crusader castle.	Amin Hajar stall in the sooks and Abou Gorge.	The Temple of Bacchus in Baalbek.

The Temple of Jupiter with only 6 columns left, there were 9 of them before the earth quake of 1759.		One of the 120 feet tall Cedar of Lebanon tree in the Cedar of Lebanon Forest.