Some of you may already know that, once I was an exchange
student at Keyser West Virginia/ USA,
and I had graduated from high school,there.
Anyway, during my
stay, my friends were so excited for me, when the first snow of the winter hit
WV, thinking that I was seeing the snow fort he first time in my life. With
much limited information sources of the day, they were probably relating Turkey
with infinite deserts, camels and a blazing sun. Well, the truth was the total
opposite. We used to live under the snow for 3-4 months every winter at my home
town. A BIG, BIG prejudice…
Sanırım bazılarınız benim lise son sınıfı Amerika’da değişim
öğrencisi olarak okuduğumu biliyorsunuzdur.
Her neyse, orada ilk kar yağdığında, hayatımda ilk kez kar
gördüğümü zanneden arkadaşlarım benim için çok heyecanlanmışlardı. Sanırım
Türkiye imgelerinin çoğunu çöller, develer ve sürekli parlayan bir güneş
oluşturuyordu. Halbuki gerçek bunun tam tersiydi.. O yıllarda Eskişehir yılın
3-4 ayını kar ve buz altında geçirirdi. Çok çok BÜYÜK bir önyargı.
But I faced with a much BIGGER one of mine last week during
our trip to Lebanon. Here we are, two experienced traveller who had done all
their homework before the trip but somehow never imagined not to see the famous Baalbek temples because of
the snow..We have tried 3 consequtive days to reach there but the Damascus
highway was closed due to heavy snow. Well most guide books tell you that you can ski in the morning and
swim in the afternoon in Lebanon but
unable to travel on the high way to Syria due to heavy snow was still beyond my
imagination.
Fakat geçen hafta Lübnan gezimiz sırasında kendime ait çok
çok DAHA BÜYÜK bir önyargı ile yüzleştim. Evet, biz iki deneyimli gezgin,
seyahat öncesinde tüm ev ödevlerimizi yapmamıza rağmen, ünlü Baalbek
tapınaklarına kar yüzünden gidemedik.. 3 gün üst üste denememize rağmen
araçların Şam otoyoluna çıkışına izin verilmiyordu. Tamam, Lübnan’da sabahtan
kayak yapıp, öğleden sonra denize girebileceğiniz tüm tanıtım yazılarında
belirtiliyordu ama Suriye yolunun yoğun kar nedeni ile kapalı olması hayal
edilie bir şey değildi.
So for now you have to settle with some lousy snowy pics
from Lebanon instead of the magnificent Baalbek ruins and the Bekaa Valley. But
now I KNOW that it could snow heavily and close the roads in Middle East during
March.
As we couldnt go inlands, we visited every inch of the coast
line of the country and more posts are coming about them.
Sonuçta Baalbek antik kentinden ve Bekaa Vadisinden muhteşem
görüntüler yerine bu post’da vasat kar resimleri ile idare edeceksiniz. Ve
evet, şimdi öğrendik ki, Orta Doğu’da kar yüzünden Mart ayında yollar
kapanabilirmiş…
İç bölgelere ulaşamadığımızdan, ülkenin sahil şeridini karış
karış gezme şansımız oldu. Hepsi yakında, burada….
Bacchus temple at Baalbek: photo from Wikipedia..unfortunately :((
That was a lot of snow, but you looked happy anyway!
ReplyDeleteWow! So much snow! Looks like you were having fun in it! Have a great weekend:)
ReplyDeleteJennifer
Snow is beautiful, I am however surpirsed that it is still snowing in the USA
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Filip
There's been a while since the last time I visit you!! that's a lot of snow! but your pictures are amazing!!!
ReplyDeleteThe earth is ticked off, has a headache or something...giving us unexpected weather conditions.
ReplyDeleteI must confess that I too would never expect to see snow in Istanbul or Lebanon. I just assume it's summer all year long! Warm, beautiful, sunny summer.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Now that is one adventure and experience
ReplyDeleteBenny & Lily
Such a pity you missed Baalbek! But I am waiting the photos from the coast anyhow. Because of heavy winter in Istanbul, we had a 6 hours delay in New Delhi, on December 2010. Now I'll fly Turkish Airlines again, on April, hopefuly without weather events.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you had a good time anyway!
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