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SYRIA!
Just arrived in Aleppo after an overnight bus ride from Goreme to Antakya and then a 4 hour bus across the border into Syria. The border crossingh was a simple affair and we got to try some very strong, bitter coffee that our new french travel buddies bought us (we managed to spend our last Lira on the bus tickets - right down to the penny!). Our …
Glorious Aleppo
We crossed the Syrian border at about lunchtime, an experience that began with a great deal of trepidation traversing a mine field and ended with a couple of very polite and welcoming moustachioed Syrian customs officials making us tea and arranging someone's brother to give us a lift into Aleppo.
In Aleppo we opted to stay at the Baron …
Successfully crossing into Syria
I am in Aleppo.
This is very good news because it means I was granted entry into Syria after showing up at the border with no visa, a big scruffy beard, and a giant backpack. I also had a big smile on my face and luckily the border guards seemed to be in a good mood, joking around with me. Maybe it was because Ramadan was ending today for …
Crac addict
I certainly believe people who say Qal'at at al Husn (also known as Crac de Chevaliers) is the best castle in the world. First, a historical perspective: This is a strategic location, controlling something called the "Homs Gap"; essentially, the only place to come though the mountains between, say, Turkey and Beirut. The first castle was built in …
Another Day, A Different Country
Well, we're in luck! Syria (at least Aleppo) is technologically with the times! (The whole computer thing is relatively new here.) Even an English keyboard! Yahoo! We arrived at the bus depot in Antakya just before 9 am; Phyllis and Marty were already there. They had still be unable to get tickets when Marty walked here in the pouring rain last …
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TravelPod Member ReviewsBaron Hotel Aleppo
was a real treat to stay in this famous landmark. quite fascinating
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