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Palmyra Slideshow
Palmyra
Travel Blogs from Palmyra, Syria
Desert Oasis
... it. No, I don't mean smoking a sheesha pipe (but I did and I smoked only tobacco). I mean visiting the desert oasis of Palmyra. Arnika, Alex and I left for Palmyra one morning. It was again a bit of a hassle to leave Damascus. As usual, we had to ...
Let the Syrian roadtrip begin!
... are a lot of ruins but even these are impressive due to the sheer size of the archeological site. On the hill overlooking Palmyra there is a beautiful castle, with magnificent views. Since we had enough time on our hands I ended up climbing the hill ...
All out of Witty Syria titles
... made it back downstairs, just in time to meet up with our tour group for a sunset hike up to the Citadel that overlooks Palmyra. The ruins glowed a soft rose colour as the light faded, and (not to be all poetic or anything) Shadows stretched down the ...
Roman Ruins
... ......funny but I freaked out....chomp chomp chomp, leaving globs of spit in my hair. OntoTemple of Bel and the ruins of Palmyra. The inside complex is the most intact and was amazing and walking through the monumental arch and down the road, was ...
Where the Trade Winds Died
... of pita bread. The total cost was less than $3 NZ each. Waddling out, we headed towards the museum of Palmyra. Further reasons we love Syria is that they actually allow student discounts (Turkey had signs saying they did but... they never actually ...
New Years Eve Snow in the Desert?
... ! It was New Years Eve and unfortunately due to the situation in Gaza, all events were cancelled....We had dinner at the Palmyra Restuarant, sampling yet another bedouin dish of Kaway, a lamb dish baked in a terracotta pan and then it was upstairs to ...
"Would you like broasted chicken or lamp?
... ; They are now slowly excavating some of the walls and finding up to 80 statues in some of them! You could wander Palmyra itself for days. Its almost like a desert waste land....bits and pieces of pillars and monuments everywhere with the ...
Palmyra - A Humbling Experience
Although my intention for visiting Syria was never to specifically visit the ruins of Palmyra, I sort of felt obligated since I was so close and my travel route also passed right through this town. I had heard and read that Palmyra was a typical tourist ...
Jordan - Facts and figures
... to 4th December 2007 Itinary : Singapore - Malaysia - Thailand - Laos - Thailand - Nepal - India - Pakistan - Iran - Turkey - Syria - Jordan Total days since I left : 73 days. Mileage done : 18480 km Total riding time excluding the stops : 271 ...
Oasis in the Desert
December 3, 2007 Palmyra, Syria We suppose that most travel blog readers fall into two categories. There are those who started with us at the beginning and keep up to see how we are doing. There are fewer and fewer of them as we drag this out and the ...
Palmyra ¯Ä +
... one chap said 'Canada Dry never Buys'. We tell them we head the same thing in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Egypt, Jordan and Syria. Then across to the Tetrapylon, four corners of four pillars. Then to the bath area where they have the aqueduct pipes ...
Part 2
... a t-shirt with the original Syrian alphabet on it, the little brother gave Len a bunch of postcards with pictures from all over Syria. It was quite the evening and we were getting a little uncomfortable with all the gifts. The only thing we brought was ...
Palmyra
... is left for the most part to try and imagine what it once was. Plus I've seen a LOT of ruins in my time. Maybe my ability to appreciate ruins has been ruined ;-) http://www.photo-gratis.com/palmyre-palmyra/index.htm Next I'm off to ...
Palmyra to Damascus
... power under suspicious circumstances after the assassination of her husband, King Odainat. Such was the strength of Palmyra, both economically and politically, that the Romans considered Queen Zenobia a significant threat that had to be ...
The Caravan City
After a few hours of driving we arrived at Palmyra. We drove past the ancient city to our hotel in the next village of Tadmor. After checking in, we walked to Palmyra and our guide gave us a walking ...
Getting closer to Baghdad
... to the desert oasis of Palmyra, approximately 270 kilometers east of Damascus in the middle of the Syrian desert. Palmyra is Syria's star tourist attraction. It is a sprawling archaeological site spectacularly set between a lush date palm oasis ...
Desert Oasis
... so give yourself enough time to see them all. Lastly, before we left we got the driver to take us up to the fort overlooking Palmyra. It was incredibly high (taxi struggled a little) but from the top we could see the whole desert, Palmyra town, the oasis, ...
Le Krak de Chevalier Castle and Ugarit
... a grey world at the edge of the drop off. Alpine plants let us know that we were in a different part of Syria. Cool and cold. Then switchback after switchback pulled us down the hill at ever increasing speed until we levelled out onto a ...
On the old Silk Road
We headed back up north into Syria, and arrived in one of the Middle East's’ premier ancient sites: Palmyra, one of the standout highlights of our trip so far. It’s easy to see how it’s Syria’s most popular single attraction. We ...
Palmyra in the rain
Palmyre possede une histoire antique particulierement interessante, assez pour que je m'en aille en conter le gros. Idealement situee entre la Mesopotamie et les cotes mediterraneennes, elle s'est enrichie entre le IIe siecle avant notre ere et le II ...
Nearing the End of Syria
Just a quick note to let you know all is well. Syria has been great, good food, no illness and very friendly people. In two nights we fly to Ciralia in the south of Turkey and then the updating can begin again. ...
A day at the Ruins
29 SEPTEMBER 2010 - Palmyra Ruins, Syria. Up early at bush camp and drive to Palmyra ruins. We spot some wild camels along the way. We arrive at Palmyra ruins and spent a few hours exploring them in the heat. We then had a pancake ...
Desert City under water
... the way leaving on highway no. 2, running to Bagdad is an odd feeling, the sign says "234 km to Iraq" and "198 km to Palmyra"!!!! Fortunately it's not that close to the border as we take a left turn 100kms down the road). Back to the story, had I ...
The cold desert
... frequently blocking any view on the castle. We then went back the way we came, and rapidly covered the 200 kilometres to Palmyra. The weather oscillated between drizzly and some clear spots in the sky. Fabulous rainbow over the desert. Snowdrifts high up, ...
Car trouble and machine guns in desert paradise
... for tourists… the town of Apamea was a somewhat grubby little market town with no apparent hotels nor restaurants, whereas Palmyra has a good assortment of facilities from budget to luxury 5 star joints. After a couple of hours of our early morning ...
Roamin' Roman Ruins in Palmyra
... day after a hearty breakfast at the Pancake House which is also ran by the Syrian restaurant we explore the Roman ruins of Palmyra. The area is massive and the ruins are impressive, particularly the colonnaded street and the Temple of Bel. The weather is ...
Palmyra - our Syrian oasis
... dinner we met a friendly local guy (Mohammed) who had been a professor of English in Damascus, but who was now guiding people around Palmyra full-time. After chatting over several cups of tea he told us to meet him at the tombs the next day and he would ...
Palmyra And Her Ruins
... than finding decent accommodation in Lattakia. From Lattakia you have to catch a bus to Homs and then from there, you travel to Palmyra. Leaving pretty late, I got to Homs at about 11pm and found the coach office in the station itself. I was rather amused ...