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Photos: A Journey to a New Perspective

TURKEY | Thu, 30 Apr 2015 | By rebeccaondetour | Photo Gallery

A few photos that help to describe my journey from Turkey to Egypt by ferry alongside hundreds of Syrian refugees.
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Tags: journey, perspective, refugees, sunset, syria, travel, turkey

A Girl's Guide to the Middle East

WORLDWIDE | Mon, 25 Jul 2011 | By travel-tips | Views [11962] | Comments [3]

At first, I avoided telling people I was visiting the Middle East. ‘I’m travelling overland between Istanbul and Cairo,’ I’d say vaguely. If people didn’t realise which countries came in between those two cities that wasn’t my problem, right? But ... Read more >

Tags: culture, dress, egypt, jordan, middle east, religion, syria, travel, travel tips, women

My Travel Writing Scholarship 2011 entry

SYRIA | Sat, 29 Jan 2011 | By justinedejonge | Views [832] | Scholarship Entry

A Day of Prayer in Damascus My driver speeds down a highway that is lined with kilometres of barbed wire to my left (turn-off signs to Lebanon beam overhead) and crumbling sandstone homes to my right. As I near the inner realm of Damascus, I’m bombarded ... Read more >

Tags: #2011writing, syria, travel writing scholarship 2011

Syria - An Unexpected Gem

SYRIA | Sat, 10 Jul 2010 | By lbellemore | Views [1745]

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

Syria in a Nutshell

SYRIA | Sat, 15 Nov 2008 | By blackbs2 | Views [2143]

Greetings from Aleppo! Just a brief update seeing that the computers here are prehistoric. First off, Syria is quite lovely. The people are EXTREMELY nice and go way out of their way to show hospitality. Bananas, cookies, falafels, and pancakes are ... Read more >

Tags: damascus, krac des chevaliers, syria

The road to Damascus

SYRIA | Fri, 16 Nov 2001 | By stowaway | Views [5990] | Comments [1]

After camping a night in a disused rock quarry to evade the Turkish rangers (who aren't very keen on people camping by the roadside in the middle of nowhere), we crossed the border to Syria. Strangely, the soil changes colour from dusty grey to rich ... Read more >

Tags: b52s, crak des chevaliers, damascus, mesapotamia, on the road, palmyra, syria

 

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