Laliche Lattakia
In front of Port gate no 2 Lattakia, Syria
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Saladin's Castle (Qal'at Salah al-Din)
... MAAR…. de regen blijft nog steeds met bakken uit de hemel vallen en het ziet er niet naar uit dat daar snel verandering in zal komen. Hierop besluiten we dan maar om verder door te rijden naar Aleppo (alhoewel het nog een lange rit is), en Latakia en Ugarit te laten voor wat het is. Een last-minute beslissing, maar dat is het voordeel als je geen hotelletjes op voorhand hebt gereserveerd!
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A sleepless night
... some kind of fireworks, but who knows really. Before long the cavalcade was back this time we managed to see it from the front and make out the pictures on the banners they were holding, and it was that of the president. This eased our heart rates a little as any kind of pro-government rally would surely not draw the attention of the police / military in the same way as an anti-government protest.
There’s definitely something building in ...
In the Cool of the Mountains
... the modern is the use of a pedalo as their fishing boat.
I ride all of 16 kilometres climbing to 850 metres through the now familiar olive and citrus groves. The air is cooler and the road winds backwards and forwards over a low pass and I drop down to Kassab. It's set in a bowl in the mountains. Before I get to the centre I stop at the Nab-Ain hotel. It looks slightly upmarket. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I ...
A Fantasy Realised
... manouevres with cars joining the motorway. I negotiate my way through Latakya successfully.
Six years ago riding north from Latakya along the coast and before I turned inland I saw what looked to be a fantastic rugged coastline further north. Over the years I've fantasised about what it might be like. I head for Kasab and Ras al Basit. The detour off the main road to Turkey leads me through citrus and olive groves and pine woods. Things are looking up. I arrive ...
Day 3 - Sick by the Seaside
... and have previously been away to faraway destinations and become ill also. However, my colleagues on the bus took my camera and gave me some details on the places they visited today so i will provide as much information as i can and some may come from online sources which i will reference.
The hotel is located on the beach front in Latakia, which is a major sea port in the Mediterranean ...


