Palmyra Vacations, Palmyra Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

At a time when there where no major settlement in my country and my ancestors where busy helping there fellow Germanic tribesmen beat the Roman Legions in the Teuotoburg Forest. Down in the Syrian desert there  where a thriving oasis town of Palmyra it generated a lot of trade being on the trade route between east and west. It was conquered by the Romans and made their eastern most outpost of the Province of Syria.   The town is still inhabited till this day and it is s…

trip around some of the lesser-visited countries in the world. (photos only, for now). Syria - Lebanon - Jordan

Since I was headed north of Damascus, I planned to spend a couple nights in Palmyra to check out the world famous ruins.  This was an incredible site and fortunately because it was low season, the crowds were minimal.

A university trip to Syria - like a normal tourist, yet so different