Damascus Center

Damascus , Syria

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    Unsuccessfully sneaking into a mosque

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    ... loom way off in the distance, but they are the same beige sandy color as the rest of the baking hot earth. Damascus looks very interesting as we get to the outskirts. Very smoggy as we come through the industrial sectors, but as we approach the ...

  • 2

    Damascus: end of the road

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    ... came away with my neck from the shave. Oh well, the hair will grow back! From what I've seen, Damascus is a fantastic city with great infrastructure and a progressive, cultured and friendly populace. Notwithstanding monetary sanctions and ...

  • 3

    Damascus - Capital of Syria

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    ... same to happen like when we arrived in Aleppo and get lost for hours, we decieded to take a taxi to our chosen hostel. Damascus is very pretty, even though its a bigger city than Aleppo, its much cleaner and theres more to visit. Yesterday afternoon ...

  • 4

    Dancin' In Damascus..

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    ... Thanks for everything guys, hope all goes well with the wedding back in Sth Africa in 6 months time. Anyway back to Damascus. On a journey from Mecca, legend has it, the Prophet Mohammed looked down from the mountainside on Damascus but refused to ...

  • 5

    Damascus All Over Again

    ... gave him 700 pounds. We had only driven for 20 minutes. That was about the time that it would take to get from to the Damascus city center to the bus station. That time, I had paid the driver about 300 pounds. This guy, on the other hand, was asking for ...

  • 6

    Failed Attempt 1, Damascus

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    ... the budget hotels (or hostels or motels, definately not hotels) are in little areas close to the city center but intermingled with local shops. Damascus seems a bit more liberal than Aleppo as less women were fully covered in black. Also saw many ...

  • 7

    New Year, New Journey?

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    ... of seats up front with him.  A different perspective on the traffic from cycling that's for sure.  Upon arrival into Damascus we had a clear view of the traffic.  Absolutely crazy!  And I thought I had seen crazy traffic in Athens ...

  • 8

    Home of the Hamster: Part 1

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    ... up for the border patrol and BAM off we went: 3:30pm -ish, music pumpin, hair blowing, voices yelling, "Syria, F* Yay!" and so on all the way to Damascus where I had to start paying attention because Adib and Moha can't read signs (not really but I ...

  • 9

    Welcome to Syria

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    ... glazed tiles, fine pottery and a collection of decorated Koran's are also on display and were fascinating to look at. Damascus is a place to wander aimlessly for days and shop for curious things, a wonderful place. We also managed a day trip ...

  • 10

    Damascus

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    ... the road on their prayer mats. Right then... time to leave Syria. I must say, the people in Syria are sooo friendly. Four times in Damascus strangers bought me meals or coffees. And everyone in general was unbelievably helpful. I think if I made ...