Damascus Bed and Breakfasts - Reviews and Rates

We arrived in Damascus late at night and were whisked by a chauffeur-styled taxi into the main city. This was a good and unexpected start. The trip in cost $1500 Syrian Pounds or around $60 NZD. It was a long ride and we felt we deserved a little luxury. Explore had advised us that we would be staying at the amazing and funky Madina hotel in the...

Got to Damascus without too much hassel. Had a lazy afternoon once we got in and did some housekeeping. Yesterday's weather was shocking. It rained all day, and hailed at times as well. We headed to the Omayyed Mosque where I had to put a clock over my clothes. Very fashionable! We spent the afternoon in a coffeeshop surronded by locals, drinkin...

I must apologize for the lack of blog updates lately... I have begun to receive complaints. The truth is, since I last put in an entry, I have: 1. Driven across the Sinai Desert, and under the Suez Canal. The Canal wasn't what I was expecting, actually... the banks are built up so high that it looks like giant ocean liners are cruising through o...

After days of anxiety about whether or not I would be able to get my Syrian visa at the border from Jordan, having heard endless contradictory reports about the possibility of doing so, it ended up being a breeze. A brief exchange in my pidgin Arabic, confirming my New Zealand-ness, then an even briefer exchange of US$60, and my passport was sta...