According to LBCI, this igloo was built in Saghbine by Mar Takla youth because they were curious to know how do people in some areas like Greenland live inside them.
It took 3 days to finish and covers an area of 16 square meters. And from the look of it, I say they did a pretty good job!
The cold weather that we are experiencing this weekend is bringing much needed snow to our mountains and Faraya seems to have got a good amount so far.
The cold front is supposed to last over the next week I think and more snow is expected, so the slopes may probably open in the next couple of weekends.
Below is a photo showing how the slopes in Faraya looked like on the same day of the previous year (January 3rd 2014), so 2015 looks definitely promising.
photos via Skileb.com
The Washington Post posted some photos that were taken yesterday by NASA of the snowstorm Alexa that hit the region last week.
The white areas on the land are all snow, another wider photo shows that even a northern area of Saudi Arabia got a little bit of snow.
On a side note, the author of the article might have to consider educating himself a bit more about the middle east as he thinks “it is quite something” to see snow around here and our neighbors!
NASA’s Earth Observatory has posted a photo of the storm taken from space. It was taken Dec. 15, after the storm had passed and the skies had cleared; the white areas on the land are snow, not clouds. It’s quite something to see the snow across Lebanon, Syria and Israel.
Well not really, these are more like graupel or snow pellets, but if we got it while “The Bride” has not reached its peak yet, then I guess we’re definitely getting much more in the next couple of days!
via Al-Jadeed TV
I don’t know since when did we start calling storms that hit Lebanon by names, but the storm that’s currently hitting Lebanon is called “The Bride“!
Anyway, here are some photos I found on Lebanon Weather Forecast page on Facebook showing what this storm has brought to both the mountains and coastal areas.
Ajaltoun
Kfardebian
Laklouk
Shouf
The road between Tarchich and Zahle
Zouk
Antelias
Dbayeh (via MTV Lebanon)
Stay safe and warm!!
The new Cadillac SRX ad looks ad if it was shot in Lebanon, especially with the “Faraya-Mzaar” sign that appears in the middle of it. But where exactly do we have such nice road here?
Amer just confirmed the ad was shot in Faraya. Ok, the ad was NOT shot in Lebanon.
Two Lebanese mountaineers, Bassam Sfeir and Rafi Farajian, are currently making an attempt to climb mount Everest and hopefully reach the mountain’s summit like Maxime Chaya did back in 2006.
“Many times during the day and night we hear the roar of avalanches and ice crackling around the camp,” Sfeir, an experienced mountaineer, told The Daily Star in an email.
“You wake up cold, go to sleep cold, most of the time you feel uncomfortable,” Sfeir said.
“The sounds strike at your heart and instantly you start thinking and wishing of not facing this massive scary scene,” he added.
Despite the hazardous environment, the mountaineers have not been put off by the harsh weather conditions, devoting instead their time to the strenuous physical and psychological preparation needed for the climb. Source
All the luck to both of them! I just wish they got the same media support and exposure Maxime got on his expeditions.
Diamony lingerie held their annual winter fashion show at Intercontinental Mzaar in Faraya and below are the photos that were published on Demotix and International Business Times.
I took these photos in Sawfar last Sunday, I’ve never seen that much snow in the area before!
One good thing I noticed while driving is how better the road has become if you’re coming from Hazmieh, it used to be a living hell with the all the works that have been ongoing for more than a year now to widen the road. I guess a good part of the project is now done and the road condition became much better with separators at certain areas to keep the drivers in opposite direction from jumping to your lanes.
That’s how much snow there is Faraya righ now, the chairlifts are all covered!
I remember the people responsible for the pistes were struggling in the past couple of years to bring more snow into the tracks so people can actually ski, now they sure have to take lot of snow so that at least the chairlifts can operate! Anyway, one thing is for sure, the season is definitely going to last till early in May I believe!
Photos via Mzaar Ski Resorts FB page. Thanks to @peter_khayat.
