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Entry and exit to the hostel from roadside Der schnellste Weg zum Taxi über die Strickleiter die Stadtmauer hinab Khaled and the Winch "backdoor" to the hostel

Damascus Hostel

13 Al Abbarah 2nd, Bab Touma Damascus, Syria

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Damascus

A travel blog entry by jsmerkle

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The tour of the second axis of evil begins! Damascus was quite a culture shock for the first day after having been in Iran for a few weeks. There is a lot more activity on the streets, more shops, more people wandering around. Not to mention a LOT more tourists than in Iran, though still nowhere near as many as elsewhere. Definitely an assault on …

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Groeten uit Damascus

A travel blog entry by hilde

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... by the high wall.
We visit the Umayyad Mosque renowned for its golden mosaics.
The colour green is representative of Islam. Many of the mosques have green domes and green lights often highlight tombs and various religious artifacts.
Another building worth seeing in the old city is the Azem Palace, built in the striped Damascene style with the alternating layers of black basalt and limestone.

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More Days in Damascus and the Umayyad Mosque

A travel blog entry by kdwali

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I moved to another hostel, the Al-Rabie hostel outside of the walled old town which turned out to be the best hostel at which I have ever stayed, from both a people and ambiance point of view. Although like the immediate area, it looks nothing other than shabby from the outside. But step inside. Cool!

Went for a shave and ...

Becoming a Syrian movie-star

A travel blog entry by reinder.prins

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... After having dinner on Saturday, I sat down in the courtyard of the hostel, reading a book when a group of people gathered in the other corner. They told me that they were casting for some sort of movie, nothing that concerns me I thought... 30 minutes later the director walks up to me and asked if I wouldn't perhaps be interested in 10 days of paid vacation throughout Syria? Turns out he is making a 15 minute promotional movie for the Syrian board of tourism that will be shown ...

Sweatin' it up

A travel blog entry by jmckerricher

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... area that serves as the changing and resting area. We greet the attendant, deposit our valuables in the safe, remove our shoes, don flip flops, and climb up to the changing area. Any sense of city stress slowly starts to dissolve.

I change my clothes for a basic cotton sheet, get a bar of soap, a natural fiber scrubby, and small vial of shampoo- then duck into a labyrinth of steam and tile. Originally the hammam would have been ...

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