Destination: Syria

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Syria's historic sites rival those of its Middle Eastern neighbours; it also lays claim to the oldest continuously occupied city (Damascus vies for the title with Aleppo), the spunkiest Crusader castle (Crac des Chevaliers) and the best preserved Roman theatre (in Bosra). Admittedly, Syria is still on the US State Department's list of countries sponsoring terrorism, but don't let that deter you. The government may not be among the world's most benevolent, but the Syrian people are renowned for their friendliness and hospitality, as anyone who's been there will agree.

More modern ruins of Syria: by tk-tempany, Views[48]

Modern ruins of Syria: by tk-tempany, Views[47]

Inside 25,000 seat Roman Theater in Bosra: by tk-tempany, Views[47]

After spending the night with this family, we sat down to a gourmet Syrian breakfast. Priceless.: by tk-tempany, Views[55]

Kathryn with the women of a wonderful family who invited us to stay the night with them.: by tk-tempany, Views[51]

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Gallery: Syria

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 | By tk-tempany | Photo Gallery

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SYRIA.....WOW!!!!

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 | By kiara19 | Views [75]

Ok so I have been majorly slacking off on the journal and blog front which I mean to rectify so you all know what I've been up to in the past few months. After Jordan we jumped back on our big yellow truck and set off for Damascus, Syria. I absolutely ... Read more >

Damascus

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 | By jadepeters | Views [153]

I arrived in Damascus, Syria yesterday via taxi with ‘taxi team’ of Mike and Nikki. The tour leader has divided the 12 of us into 3 pre-allocated ‘taxi teams’ of which we are to travel throughout Syria with. I was couldn’t believe it when he told us, ... Read more >

miami of middle east

Sat, 6 Jun 2009 | By houdyman | Views [232]

Our next stop- the embattled country of Lebanon. This was a recent addition to our tour itinerary, before we entered the Middle East we had not planned on visiting Lebanon. However, during our travels through the region we heard wonderful things about ... Read more >

Tags: beirut, tripoli, bcharre, khalili gibran

paris of the middle east

Wed, 3 Jun 2009 | By houdyman | Views [207]

Well after 3.5 hours, two pee breaks and lots of ready and browsing the duty free shops we got our Syrian visas! Whew, we knew it would be a bit of a wait but you never know they can be a bit willy at the border especially as we is Americans!!! TO BE ... Read more >

Tags: damascus, palmyra, crac de chavaliers, aleppo