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Surviving Syria
... like a warm welcome. No more suspicion. No more tension. When I asked how much a visa would be if I stayed for a few weeks, the officer said, "I have an uncle in Sydney. For you? Free. You can stay for three months. Oh - and welcome to Lebanon". Within minutes our taxi continued over the mountains of Lebanon and then, there it was. Beirut - wedged between mountains and the sea - the water glistening in the sun and the city below. A Middle Eastern oasis. That's it! I'm staying here! ...
Becoming a Syrian movie-star
... and a lot of potential extra delays at the border. A taxi also only costs 10 EUR, so not damage done there. When I arrived at the border it turned out that there were 2 clerks dealing with western visitors. One did the busloads, he had 2 massive piles of passports in front of him, and the other one was sitting next to him twiddling his thumbs. Our driver told me where to go and this guy asked if I had a visa, and when he found out that ...
The Road to Damascus
... Umayyad mosque,built in 706 AD on top of a Byzantine cathedral which had previously been built over a temple of Jupiter. The food here was more varied as well. While maneuvering through the souq we stopped to enjoy some delicious Damascus ice cream at Bakdash, which has served ice cream here since 1890, and a cinnamon waffle dipped in hot chocolate. We also met a guy named Denny who had lived ...
Christian villages
... the earlier iconostasis removed and now has a latin style, with three apses holding altars where people can pray. Most of the Catholics in Syria joined Rome in the 19th Century, in the Uniat movement; prior to that they were Eastern Orthodox, so the church may have looked different prior to that.
Ate lunch at the monastery's cafe, had pizza with ham-- don't see that much ham here, if any. Also ...
Ramadan Kareem
... those details. So it is nice to know that exemptions to the rule exist for health reasons and that the muslim contingent of this country recognises those whom are not of that faith. I've also been told that it is illegal to eat in public in Jordan during Ramadan, however you can purchase food (however hard it may be to find). Looks like we'll be only commuting through Jordan to get to the airport next week, so we won't have to worry about incarceration (which ...
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