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Fri, 16 Nov 2001 | By stowaway | Views [5993] | Comments [1]
After camping a night in a disused rock quarry to evade the Turkish rangers (who aren't very keen on people camping by the roadside in the middle of nowhere), we crossed the border to Syria. Strangely, the soil changes colour from dusty grey to rich ... Read more >
Tags: b52s, crak des chevaliers, damascus, mesapotamia, on the road, palmyra, syria
Thu, 14 Feb 2008 | By jreuter | Views [1203] | Comments [1]
We entered the border to Syria from Turkey at approximately 8:30 AM, and for the next 8 hours, we sat on a bright red, hard-plastic bench, waiting for our visas. The official policy concerning an American's entry into Syria is that a visa MUST be obtained ... Read more >
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Sat, 24 Oct 2009 | By kiara19 | Views [716]
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 >
Sun, 26 Oct 2008 | By disa | Views [714] | Comments [9]
Er i Aleppo, Syrlandi nuna og fer upp ur hadegi a morgun til Tyrklands. Setti inn sidustu myndirnar fyrir Egyptaland og nokkrar myndir fra Jordaniu. Svo litill timi og taekifaeri hafa verid ad komast a netid. Bestu kvedjur i bili, verdum ad rjuka ... Read more >
Sat, 22 Jan 2011 | By bettedarling | Views [686]
Well, I love Damascus. Seriously. I haven't felt this way about a city since my first few days in New York. The Souqs (markets) with some stalls which are older than the USA. The Jasmatiya St. - the Las Vegas of Sweets - mmmmm, so delicious - honey, phillo, ... Read more >
Tue, 27 Apr 2010 | By haveblood | Views [537]
and woke up in Turkey. over breakfast i was doing some book-learnin', and getting ready to go on another historical adventure. but this just seemed a little too organised, too predictable; i could feel a routine brewing...........then i remembered.... Read more >
Wed, 17 Apr 2013 | By leylandcecco | Views [517] | Scholarship Entry
"I'm an inventor," he told me. His hairy fingers gripped fresh green almonds. Bits of salt spotted the green like the grey spotted his black hair. "What have you invented?" "A water pipe that you don't smoke. You use cough syrup." A better answer couldn't ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By maheva | Views [336] | Scholarship Entry
When travelling always trust your gut. A truth that should be applied in all the qualities of life, but this fact really took its meaning when me and my two travel friends discovered a hidden gem of Palmyra. This city of ruins that stands against time ... Read more >
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Wed, 16 Apr 2014 | By love-in-war | Views [328] | Scholarship Entry
I loved her more than my self it was my all hope my girlfriend ^tala^ i lost her in this war with bomb that killed her .. i am trying to relive my deadheart by love life and help people cuz she used to do this so whatever u answer i would like to thank ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Thu, 14 Feb 2008 | By jreuter | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 28 Feb 2010 | By pecosbiff | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 14 Oct 2010 | By ryestefa | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I shoot this photographs in Syria, in the Jazira, a region scattered to the North-East close to the Iraqi border. I was staying for a certain period in a house near a small village. I saw the beduins the day they arrived and since then I keep observing ...
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Thu, 10 Jan 2013 | By jadecantwell | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I first started shooting on an old Canon film SLR when I went on exchange in Mexico in 2007 - learning from basic black and white development and printing to digital photography. Since then I have been practicing photography as a hobby, slowly building ...
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Mon, 14 Jan 2013 | By chloe_billebault | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
My name is Chloe, 29 y.o., French. I studied photography right after high school but being still quite young I wasn’t ready to focus on a career path yet. I went on to live in Australia, then travelled through Africa for a while, back to France, then ...
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Wed, 3 Jul 2013 | By karimsakr | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Engineer in food industries, I belong to those who want to know everything! From Dakar to Beirut and through Paris, I've lived and accustomed to many cultures. I’m a 25 year old Lebanese who belongs to the world! If I were given the choice, I would have ...
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2013