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Sat, 4 Apr 2009 | By damonlk | Views [2410]
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 >
Fri, 16 Jan 2009 | By david_vanessa | Views [1353]
Hi All. Yet another 20 hr bus trip! No eating or drinking. This was a stop when the bus driver needs a bathroom break type of bus trip. Arrived at Antakya in turkey near syria border. Looked for accomodation but not a tourist town. Found some expensive ... Read more >
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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Mon, 5 May 2008 | By matt_bianco | Views [1114]
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 >
Tue, 27 Apr 2010 | By haveblood | Views [538]
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 >
Fri, 9 May 2014 | By bero | Views [424] | Scholarship Entry
I'll never forget the day i got on the train to go to a rock concert in Damascus with my friends. I was in my first year in college. The trip was for four hours, it felt like ten minutes! I spent it talking to "Leen" my best friend picturing how it would ... Read more >
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Thu, 14 Feb 2008 | By jreuter | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 26 Jan 2009 | By david_vanessa | Photo Gallery
Sat, 20 Feb 2010 | By pecosbiff | Photo Gallery
Crusader castle and then some
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Wed, 1 Aug 2007 | By lambros | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 30 Oct 2010 | By gumerg | Photo Gallery
Viaje a Siria 2010
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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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