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Syria - An Unexpected Gem

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 | By lbellemore | Views [1876]

I'm in the process of getting some things over to World Nomads, no in the meantime, for more photos, maps and older travel stories please visit my blog on http://www.lenbellemore.com After a very short visit back to London after finished the Camino ... Read more >

Tags: aleppo, backpacks, baklava, border guard, cheap flights from london, middle east, mini street, syria, syrian border, taxi driver

I fell asleep in Syria

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 | By haveblood | Views [626]

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 >

Narguilah on the banks of the Euphrates

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 | By haveblood | Views [875]

As i tow sunset with me into Mesopotamia, it tries to hide behind a patchwork of dust masking the horizon. I help it in this masquerade with a cloud of sweet narguilah smoke. A city hums across the river somewhere. A city in modern guise, its own masquerade, ... Read more >

A Close Shave

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 | By haveblood | Views [488]

I disembark. Iraq is over there. near those cliffs, I think. but the closest shave today is from, the delightful Barber-cum-Massage Therapist. instead of a border-crossing, i opt for one of those delectably random wends through the medina, and whatever ... Read more >

engage

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 | By haveblood | Views [528]

Rattling down highway 4 at Warp5 (Jean-Luc never traveled like this), a length contraction has transformed our minibus into a Microbus. i feel a certain camaraderie with the chickens in the coup that just shot past us (or did we shoot past them?). at ... Read more >

a conversational interlude, a meander through ages

Wed, 7 Apr 2010 | By haveblood | Views [541]

stroll with me, if you will. i know you have a busy schedule, but i'm sure you can find the time. we're going to make a city together. we'll start by mixing Paris and Cairo into a swirling hot-city-fudge until neither is defined, and take it from there.... Read more >