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Syria - Palmyra

Tue, 7 Sep 2010 | By pauluiza | Views [1061]

Palmyra – can we stay an extra day, please? Obviously, the bus becomes a (really) mini-van, and here we go, squeezing in and slowly melting with 13 other people, all staring at us “very discreetly”, including a not so discreet little girl and ... Read more >

Photos: Syria - Crac de Chevalier (Crusader Castle)

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 | By pauluiza | Photo Gallery

5th Century Crusader Castle in almost perfect condition
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Photos: Syria - Aleppo

Sat, 4 Sep 2010 | By pauluiza | Photo Gallery

Aleppo - 4 thousand year old city (possibly oldest continously inhabited city in the world)
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Syria(sly) - Aleppo (Citadel, Umayyad Mosque, Souk) & Crac de Chevalier Crusader Castle

Fri, 3 Sep 2010 | By pauluiza | Views [2775]

Syria-sly? Are you Syrias?? Yeah, after 65 days in Greece and 32 days in Turkey, we are off to Syria. We leave Adana (southeastern Turkey) after 3 days of R & R as Paul needed to recover from a really bad flu. When we were in Istanbul ... Read more >

My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 | By jadecantwell | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Syria overwhelmed me with it's breathtaking landscape and unbounded kindness. People living in such barren and harsh landscapes moved me with their warmth and generosity; none more so than the bedouins who hosted us in their camp. We made our way to ... Read more >
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Tags: #2010wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2010

Syria - An Unexpected Gem

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 | By lbellemore | Views [1816]

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 [579]

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 [771]

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 [443]

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 [480]

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 [497]

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 >