Coral Julia Dumna Aleppo

... care of, the guy took my passport and when to the next book where the official there was busy with the vehicles passing thru. I followed him anyway. He spoke briefly to the guy, once in a while nodded in my direction. And then he went to another booth and I followed him all the same with my bag in tow. Apparently in this booth theres this ultraviolet machine thingy and he scanned my passport under it. At that moment I couldnt believe it, they think my passport is fake?! I have ...

... ny that is sharing a room with me to help cut costs, also he's an awesome barterer. he's been on the road for over a year. and have met some amazing people from all over the world. this truly is, in just the small distance i've been a wonderful affirmation in the beauty of life.<br><br>

... back to the main thoroughfare, a bus pulled over and disgorged a load of elderly tourists. We looked upon them with pity as they began the long schlep up in the heat, while our middle aged and fit trio sat easy in our van.<br><br>Next, just off the side of a small country road was Al-Quatura, a small set of faint reliefs carved into the rocks that we speculated was some sort of tomb. It was pretty small and had goat **** scattered all over, so aside from the quick ...

... caught a jeep up, 5 minutes would cost 30TL each, no chance I would rather get a snake bite along the way and we still wouldn't pay that extortionate rate. In Dino's eyes this is a day in India or China.)<br><br>By the time we reached the top Dino was sweeting so much he was literally dripping with it, his shorts were so damp from sweet that they actually looked as if he had sat in a puddle. All in all we did good. The next person to arrive to the top was even more impressive than Dino ...

... is like. The campus was quite impressive and resembled an American state school, although the students don't seem to use computers very much. Most students study to be English teachers as all public schools in Syria have started to teach students English from a very young age. Walking through any town in Syria, a 12 year old is more likely to know English than a 20 y/o or adult. At the University dorms we were presented with a fantastic spread of falafel, foul, baba, chips and ...

... that on the flight from Tehran to Damascus we flew up and around the northern border of Iraq, rather than straight across which would have been the more direct route. Not sure if they aren't allowed to fly in Iraqi airspace (no love lost between the two countries due to the 8-year Iran/Iraq war), or if they didn't want to take any chances of getting shot down by miltants there. Which was fine by me of course :) * Crossing the ...

... like a butchers market with all these burly blokes (you see no women hardly anywhere) with massive knives shearing the fat and guts out of **** knows what creatures and as soon as they see you they beam at you with massive smiles, one dude came and put his arm round me and took me to shake hands with his friends and have a bit of crack. They are lovely people. Anyway, i saw more of aleppos sights like the christian quarter and the grand mosque ...

... it rather difficult to order. By 8pm, I was so hungry that my stomach started to eat itself. I would have eaten road kill if someone offered. After walking around for the past hour looking for something to eat, I finally walked into this place and grabbed a seat. Of course there was no menu and no one spoke English so I developed a new strategy to order food. I made eating motions ...

... la classe"). Je parvins au restaurant sonné par ces quelques personnes, de beautés extraordinaires et dont l'amour à mon égard fut aussi bref que gratuit. J'en viens, transition remarquable, à aborder la question nutritive ! Chose qui n'a été que trop rarement faite jusqu'ici et pour cause, ayant évité tout "restaurant" (=pas falafels) jusqu'à mon arrivée syrienne (et ...

... stayed in, after being reassured that this was the best we were going to get in the area we set off to a kebab shop for dinner..mmmmm! Sat 1 Nov - Aleppo Spent the day doing a city tour of Aleppo which is the commercial capital of Syria and the oldest continually inhabited city in the world. Our tour guide Ahmed (Hark -med) was an elderly guy with the most amazing character etched into his face. We ...