Destination: Syria

Gallery: Palmyra

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Crac des Chevaliers

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Aleppo 1

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery

Damascus

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [949]

Got to the bus stop at palmyra and were told by a person that the bus station for damascus was 4km out of town and he would give us a ride for 50 syrian pounds. We protested and the price fell to 25. He drove us out to a restuarant and said this was ... Read more >

Palmyra

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [954]

Hi All. Arrived at Palmyra after about 150km bus trip in the evening. New we were in the middle east as almost everyone had either a red and white headscarf or a head cover.  Palmyra was an oasis town which was on the silk road and latter on the ... Read more >

Crac des chevaliers

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [1342]

Hi All. Didn't go to Hama so didn't see the ancient waterwheels. We caught the train from Aleppo to Homs. Interesting exercise. Buy tickets then a minder takes you to the train police who says 'give me passport' then writes down the details then off ... Read more >

Aleppo 2

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [945]

Hi All. Managed to find our way around despite not knowing which way was north, being unable to read the signs or speak arabic. Took a map rotation of 90 deg to get us going in the right direction. Visited the citidel. A very old fortress that dominates ... Read more >

Aleppo, Syria

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [1354]

Hi All. Yet another 20 hr bus trip! No eating or drinking. This was a stop when the bus driver needs a bathroom break type of bus trip. Arrived at Antakya in turkey near syria border. Looked for accomodation but not a tourist town. Found some expensive ... Read more >

Syria in a Nutshell

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 | By blackbs2 | Views [2149]

Greetings from Aleppo! Just a brief update seeing that the computers here are prehistoric. First off, Syria is quite lovely. The people are EXTREMELY nice and go way out of their way to show hospitality. Bananas, cookies, falafels, and pancakes are ... Read more >

Tags: damascus, krac des chevaliers, syria

Aleppo

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 | By megan_skinner | Views [761]

We caught a bus from homs to aleppo, arriving in the late afternoon.  the bus had really strange suspension- i think a few people almost got seasick because we were literally swaying back and forth like we were in a small boat on a rough sea.  it ... Read more >

The ancient city of Palmyra and Krak des Chevaliers

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 | By megan_skinner | Views [585]

on the afternoon of the 12th we left damascus for palmyra by public bus.  we caused a bit of consternation and uproar on the bus because we just piled on, not paying attention to the fact that we had assigned bus seats.  there was a lot of milling about, ... Read more >

Gallery: 2008-10 Syria

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 | By furaibo_a | Photo Gallery

Damascus

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 | By monicaraye | Views [573] | Comments [5]

Left Madaba on monday and stopped by Jerash, an old Roman ruin- dad you would have loved it. There was a very well perserved theature, Hadrian's arch (he visited here too), amazing mosaic floor in a church, temples to Jupiter and Diana, as well as ... Read more >

Made it to Syria

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 | By megan_skinner | Views [395]

we made it through immigration and were let into syria yesterday!  there was some concern with the recent amazing actions of our amazing government crossing the syrian border from iraq (even the us embassy is still closed here in damascus amid fears ... Read more >

Damascus the gem

Thu, 6 Nov 2008 | By dan_kimi | Views [471]

Well, we are here! What a city this is too! We love it. WE spent the first day lonley planetless so had to use our senses to guide us from the airport to the city which I was not not keen on as we had no idea how much the taxis were! Needless to say ... Read more >