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The Entry into Syria

SYRIA | Thu, 14 Feb 2008 | By jreuter | Views [525] | 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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Syria, Border and passport, You can defenitely forget about the world tour...

SYRIA | Fri, 20 Feb 2009 | By alpha_ | Views [275] | 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 >

Syria

SYRIA | Sun, 5 Aug 2007 | By lambros | Views [264]

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Salaam Syria

SYRIA | Fri, 6 Jun 2008 | By catherine_and_james | Views [236]

They reckon that people have been living in Damascus continually for over 8000 years. That's more than eleven times longer than there has been people living in New Zealand! After Jordan, Damascus was a bit chaotic which took us a bit by surprise. ... Read more >

The Centre of the Axis of Evil??

SYRIA | Mon, 5 May 2008 | By matt_bianco | Views [196]

The last time i wrote, i was just about to go that morning into Syria. I shared a taxi that would stop off in Jerash and Bosra (in Syria) before heading to Damascus, with a French guy and a Dutch mother and daughter. After spending my first week with ... Read more >

Sarouj

SYRIA | Sat, 4 Apr 2009 | By damonlk | Views [180]

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 >

Damascus

SYRIA | Tue, 23 Jun 2009 | By jadepeters | Views [113]

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 >

Cairo: Into the Heart of the Pyramids

SYRIA | Sat, 11 Apr 2009 | By lizcotton | Views [109] | 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 >