TES Alumni - TBS & TGS Alumni Association

The alumni association carries out a series of functions throughout the year as a way of bringing alumni, friends and parents together. These activities also serve as fund raising occasions. The net profits,although meagre, cover our expenses and feed our scholarship fund.

An agenda will appear on this page giving you notice of the season's events and an account of the past ones.

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The TES Alumni conducted a trip to the hills and villages surrounding the town of Batroun/North Lebanon .

We started at 9 am and our first stop was Rashana.We had breakfast, (manqush b za'atar and jebneh) and then went for a walk through the village.We visited the Basbous workshops,the famous landmark of Rashana.Then we went on to Smarjbeil to see an old castle built in the crusaders time.

more about Basbous >>>

The road took us then to the village of Sainte Rafqa ,where we had another long walk , and then down to the port in Batroun where you can see the remnants of an old phoenician sea wall and visit the narrow alleys between houses by the seafront.

We went back for lunch in a village called "ghabet el wadi"and back to Tripoli. >>>

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The Alumni organized a hiking trip to Bazbina -Akkar on Nov 3. Breakfast was at Manuel Hazim's House, then a walk through the woods to top of the Sheqiq-valley.

Ghassan Nawfal cooked lunch the Beyno way. Waraq - inab and Kebbeh with lahm b khall. Wish you were there.

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The TES alumni organized three hiking trips, during the summer season, to places of interest in the north area and mount lebanon.

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Jabal Qammouah is a small paradise of streams, rugged mountains and sturdy gnarled pines. In winter the snow-covered peaks are particularly arresting. This is a good place for picnicking, hiking and photography. Keep your eyes open for ruins and other remnants of the past. About half way across the flat-topped mountain there is a hill where three standing structures can be seen, possibly the ruins of an old monastery.

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The second trip was to Ehden .A walk through the forest ,followed by lunch at Joueet restaurant.

Horsh Ehden is a mountainous ecosystem on the Northern Mount Lebanon chain. It ranges from 1300m to 1950m in altitude, it is located 3.5km north of Ehden and 100km from the capital Beirut, After much lobbying by the Friends of Horsh Ehden the forest was declared a Nature Reserve by the Lebanese government in March, 1992 (decree# 121). The area set aside for the reserve comprises 1000 hectares of public land of which 350 are forested.

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Third trip to Chouf Cedars.A walk through the Maaser El-Chouf forest. Lunch in Barouk and then a walk through Deyr-El Qamar with a visit to Mary Baz museum.

The Shouf Cedars is the Middle East's largest nature reserve. The cedars, which range from tiny shoots that cover much of the forest floor, to 2,000-year-old trees with six-meter girths, are protected by the Shouf Cedar Society, a local non-governmental organization that manages the reserve.

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