El Borj

The last half of our last day in Israel, visited the border between Israel and Lebanon. There is a DM zone of about 100m between the two states that is managed by a UN peace keeping force. Believe it or not there is also a tourist attraction here with cable car and old closed rail line built by the English with help of NZ, SA and Aust. In 1947 an Israeli terrorist group snuck in and blew it up to ensure no easy Lebanese access to Israel. Lots of soldiers here at their posts and naval ships monitoring the border. Also a very nice Mediterranean beach, where we went for a dip and watched the sun set.Read more