FEATURE - Colombian hermit finds paradise on Lebanon trail


  • World
  • Monday, 07 May 2007

QADISHA VALLEY, Lebanon (Reuters) - For a Colombian hermit thousands of miles from home, Lebanon's Qadisha valley is a heaven on earth where he hopes to end his days. 

Yet Father Dario Escobar may lose some of his solitude when hikers learn about a fledgling national trail that passes near his cliffside hermitage as it meanders nearly 400 km over Lebanon's mountain spine from the far north to the south. 

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