- SIRIA
ENTRAMOS A SIRIA ANTES DE HABER IDO A DUBAI E IRAN PERO POR UNA U OTRA RAZON NO HABIAMOS PODIDO ESCRIBIR ACERCA DE ESTE PAIS!
QUE POR CIERTO NOS SORPRENDIO EN TODOS SENTIDOS!
LIMPIO MUY DESARROLLADO Y GENTE SUPER AMABLE! PASAMOS UNOS Posted by wanderers in TROTAMUNDOS | May 11, 2008
- Touring Marqab, Salah Ed-Din, and Apamea
I did a day trip to Marqab & Salah Ed-Din, two crusader castles, as well as Apamea. To be honest, I didn't expect much. Ruins start to look the same to me after a while (I'm so low-society)...and Posted by jenofear in Jen's Blog | Mar 27, 2008
- Lounging in Hama
I'm not up to much at the moment. I've been hangin' out in Hama, which doesn't have a lot to see as far as tourist sites go. But I'm up for relaxing anyway...I've got some time, after all. Posted by jenofear in Jen's Blog | Mar 27, 2008
- My First Hammam
Here's a temp fix for the photo problem: http://www.flickr.com/photos/12031067@N02/
I've developed a baklava problem.
You don't know. You have to see all these big clean windows full of a myriad of types of baklava. No one can Posted by jenofear in Jen's Blog | Mar 22, 2008
- The Train to Syria
Mmmm....ya might be noticing that this entry is the same day as the last one. I'm kinda behind 'cause...I'M OUT DOING STUFF! Also, I have to actually go to an internet cafe here for access.
I am currently in Posted by jenofear in Jen's Blog | Mar 20, 2008
- A taste of Silk Road
Posted by shinenyc in MIDDLE EAST EXPERIENCE | Jan 23, 2008
- 'Welcome to Syria!'
This is the phrase that I heard over and over again on almost any streets in every town in Syria. 'Welcome' is also the answer to most questions especially when my knowledge in arabic language is only 'shew shew' (very Posted by shinenyc in MIDDLE EAST EXPERIENCE | Jan 23, 2008
- Aleppo
Well we caught a bus this time and it only took us total of eight hours to get from Beirut to Aleppo. Our border crossing was much easier with the bus. We got into Aleppo about 4.30pm and Posted by krissy in Overseas Travel | Apr 23, 2007
- Hama
Out of the rain we headed to Hama to check out our accommodation. Cat crashed all afternoon so took the opportunity to catch up on my blog.
Well we caught a little sleep in as we had to wait for Posted by krissy in Overseas Travel | Apr 24, 2007
- Damascus
We got to Damascus and arrived to our 4* hotel to find they were charging an arm and a leg for a room the size of the ones we were paying half the price for in 2*. So Cat Posted by krissy in Overseas Travel | Apr 24, 2007
- Dead Cities and Around
We started by driving north of Aleppo to St Simeon's Basilica or the ruins of it anyway. The peace was a welcomed change to the hustle and bustle of Aleppo. It was so peaceful and quiet you could Posted by krissy in Overseas Travel | Apr 23, 2007
- Palmyra
Well we got here and found a hotel which is really the story in every town we go to but we ended up organising a cab to take us straight up to the Citadel/castle to get some fantastic sunset photos. Posted by krissy in Overseas Travel | Apr 24, 2007
- Krak des Chevilliers
In our haste to leave the dodgy hotel we caught a taxi to the bus stop to try and catch a bus to Krak des Chevilliers but found that there were no ATM’s in town or any money exchanges at Posted by krissy in Overseas Travel | Apr 13, 2007
- Homs
Well where do we start. We had a lovely first couple of hours in Syria and then it all went down hill. Homs is not rally a great memory of Syria but we lived to tell the tail. Posted by krissy in Overseas Travel | Apr 12, 2007