Syria Travel Blogs - Page 2

Please note that links to external sites were correct when this blog was written.  However, they may no longer be valid.  From Beirut we crossed into Syria where we left Kim's parents for a couple of days.  On their own they enjoyed Palmyra (the most spread out Greek / Roman ruins …

Today is Kim's birthday.  And for his birthday I organised a day-trip from Hama was to Krak de Chevaliers (Qala'at al Hosn) described by some as the most impressive medieval castle in the world. Now, this wasn't just another crusader castle ... this is THE one that we came to Syria for ..…

Damascus the capital city for syria and called in arabic (dimashq) and this aria called before 1000's years( AL sham ), main place u must see ( Umayyad Mosque ) ure u going see there market very old called ( souk AL hamedia ) , by the way big part from city buldings on the mountin called ( kasuon ) u can go up there and watch at city and try see at night so nice , nice place go to museums . I will try up loud over than 100 photo soon about the city ...

Location:situated in the middle Syria southern Aleppo 141KM northern Damascus 209KM connected with others cities by international traffic-net or highways and railways. History: Hama is one of the most ancient inhabited areas in Middle East it dates back to very ancient ages. the archaeological mis…

Damascus and onwards

This was the BIG day, were going to Syria despite all the visa issues and setbacks.  The tour company picked us up at 5:45am.  Man it was EARLY.  As everyone knows, I am NOT a morning person but, I get up when I have to……and this was a HAVE TO. Once we had the whole group we were…

A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing both.

Today we went to an Arabic bath (essentially a Turkish bath but since it is in Syria it's Arabic?)We walked in and they told us to take off our clothes and change into towels. They gave us plastic bowls with shampoo, a bar of soap, and some sort of clump of strings used for scrubbing.The bath had s…

Location:Situated in the midst of other city center Syria north Damascus 160KM and considered as the 3rd important city in Syria the bigger city by the cover. It is considered as an important industrial and agricultural center, The great oil refinery in it increases its importance. An important tra…

One day trip to Damaskus and back to Slovakia :-)

The meeting was great! meet with 2 from travbuddy and 1 new friend and 1 my old friend all in 1 week!  We did travel around Damascus City together Me(Syria) and Luigi(Italy) and we did meet with Ahmed(Egypt) about a hour when he back Damascus City because he was in another city at sea side,…

Aleppo City - Tourism Information Location: Situated northern part of Syrian Arab Republic far from Damascus 350km . At an altitude of 380m above sea level. Since the construction of the Thawra Dam the Euphrates River irrigates the surrounding plains, and for its traditional industries and modern …

Hims is, like the other Syrian cities, a great and peaceful city.

Basically, long and short, I'm here.. and I'm not too happy about it.  Figured that being in an arab country would change my opinion about the culture (or whatever their approximation to that is) and whatnot, but unfortunately, after a few days, I've sort of hardened my viewpoints on certa…

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