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Wed, 13 May 2009 | By pecosbiff | Photo Gallery
first days
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Tue, 12 May 2009 | By shrummer16 | Views [1276] | Comments [1]
Please excuse the mental detour from my trip accounts for a brief moment of sentimentality... I'm sitting in Aleppo, Syria, as my dear mom celebrates Mother's Day back in Canada with neither of her children. I've missed more than my share of family ... Read more >
Fri, 17 Apr 2009 | By lizcotton | Views [1927]
What an amazing, fabulous and exotic city! We started with the tiny St Pauls chapel, set in the ancient city walls. What a charming little shrine. The National Museum is full of archaeological treasures and gave us a brief insight into approx 4000 ... Read more >
Thu, 16 Apr 2009 | By lizcotton | Views [1490]
Well, we have arrived in this absolutely glorious old city and staying at the Old Damascus Hotel situated in the atmospheric Old City. Its like being in a time warp. This place hasn't changed in many centuries. The narrow alleyways twist and wind their ... Read more >
Sat, 11 Apr 2009 | By lizcotton | Views [1360] | Comments [1]
Arrived Cairo this morning one and a half hours late due to delays at OR Tambo last night. This cut seriously into our Cairo sightseeing. However, we decided to forego breakfast at the Movenpick Pyramids Resort for breakfast boxes, and get stuck into ... Read more >
Sat, 11 Apr 2009 | By damonlk | Views [1092]
Three kilometres from Tartus, the southernmost city of Syria's brief Mediterranean coast, is the island of Arwad. It is small – only 500 metres end to end and even less across – and has been inhabited by Canaanites, Egyptians, Phoenicians, Romans, ... Read more >
Sat, 4 Apr 2009 | By damonlk | Views [2410]
65 km north-east of Hama, on the road that leads from the
fertile valley of the Orontes river to the stony plains beyond, are the
bee-hive houses of Sarouj and Twalid Dabaghein. Though few now remain these two
villages contain enough of the dwellings, ... Read more >
Wed, 1 Apr 2009 | By lizcotton | Photo Gallery
Syria, Lebanon & Jordan
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Fri, 27 Feb 2009 | By alpha_ | Views [939] | Comments [3]
Just some ligns, very fast, to say thast the moutains of Syria a very nice ( and cold ! ) and to ad to the list of the place where i sleep a couvent of the 4 century in the mountains ( where even the arabic speak with a singular Swiss accent ! ), a ... Read more >
Tue, 24 Feb 2009 | By alpha_ | Views [2060]
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Mon, 23 Feb 2009 | By alpha_ | Views [872] | Comments [1]
Hi, after finnsihing my visa for Iran ( finnaly ) i going to leave this wonderfull city of Damascus, to get a idea, just imagine the souk, full of diversity of colors and smells, sounds of voices resonant into the olds rocks, the sun filtering by the ... Read more >
Fri, 20 Feb 2009 | By alpha_ | Views [1839] | Comments [2]
This is a really basic question after the classical presentation; where did you sleep ? One of my rules is to never pay for sleep, that mean I have to find people. It`s not always easy, but after a short period of training, everything work fine. Espacially ... Read more >
Fri, 20 Feb 2009 | By alpha_ | Views [1301] | Comments [2]
Crossing a border could be tricky, espesiaclly without visa. 7 days ago i was about to cross Syria, everything was fine, i was pretty good with the timing, the kilometers, the meeting with people, the sky was blue and the sun was shinning, ect... ... Read more >
Tue, 27 Jan 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery
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