Destination: Syria
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Wed, 3 Jun 2009 | By houdyman | Views [2072]
Well after 3.5 hours, two pee breaks and lots of ready and browsing the duty free shops we got our Syrian visas! Whew, we knew it would be a bit of a wait but you never know they can be a bit willy at the border especially as we is Americans!!! TO BE ... Read more >
Tags: aleppo, crac de chavaliers, damascus, palmyra
Tue, 12 May 2009 | By shrummer16 | Views [1536] | Comments [1]
Please excuse the mental detour from my trip accounts for a brief moment of sentimentality... I'm sitting in Aleppo, Syria, as my dear mom celebrates Mother's Day back in Canada with neither of her children. I've missed more than my share of family ... Read more >
Sat, 11 Apr 2009 | By lizcotton | Views [1494] | 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 >
Thu, 14 Feb 2008 | By jreuter | Views [1323] | 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, 22 Jan 2011 | By bettedarling | Views [849]
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 >
Wed, 12 Nov 2008 | By monicaraye | Views [679] | 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 >
Mon, 28 Oct 2013 | By ala-hmedy91 | Views [623] | Video | Scholarship Entry
love photography painting and media began that I was 5 years ago, when caught the first image and entered behind the image and then faded away this feeling, but I came back in the 18years old and began photographing all the details that could not be ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Film Scholarships 2013
Thu, 6 Nov 2008 | By dan_kimi | Views [514]
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 >
Fri, 15 May 2009 | By pecosbiff | Photo Gallery
Good train journey
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Sat, 20 Feb 2010 | By pecosbiff | Photo Gallery
Crusader castle and then some
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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 ...
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Tags: #2010wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2010
Mon, 26 Jan 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery
Wed, 22 Oct 2014 | By 360daysinawarzone | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I'm a photo journalist with more than 8 years experience, I worked in different domains and recently I'm working with Reuters news agency.
I spent last two years in a war zone in Syria- middle east ,taking photos to fighters,and homeless which are ...
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Tags: 2014 travel photography scholarship
Wed, 23 Feb 2011 | By bettedarling | Photo Gallery
Wadi Musa, Petra, and the sights of Syria.
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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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