Mirage Aleppo

... and stuffy but it had alot of artifacts though. One interesting section was the one where it describes the history of Islam. But after going around the place I felt pretty faint. I then decided to walk around the area to find an internet cafe. I couldnt find a single one and after a while I decided to go back to the hotel to take a nap. <br><br>After my nap I asked the guy at the reception where I could find internet. He showed me an area on my map that was like 15 ...

... the window, and Mohammed's fondness for yelling cheerfully at passing cars and traffic cops, our return to Aleppo was relatively pleasant and sedate. Especially compared to our 15 minute taxi ride to the bus station in which our vehicle's brakes squeaked worryingly and our driver opted to answer phone calls while downshifting off the highway. But we did made it to the bus station in one piece, and with only a ten minute wait before the next bus to Hama, which without ...

... so after passing past the sheeps trotters,<br>tongues and t......, we enter the jewellery section, then linens,<br>dried goods, chemists, handicrafts, teas and of course...Aleppan<br>soap. This is the original soap, and consists of olive and laurel<br>(price dependant on percentage of laurel....most expensive has 65%)<br>and is famed for aiding skin conditions as well as rheumatism. There<br>are stalls and stalls selling elaborate towers of the stuff! <br><br>The Citadel ...

And there it was. My worst nightmare made real.<br><br><br><br>I'd made it into Syria. I'd found my way to Aleppo. I'd got myself a cheap little hotel in the centre. I thanked the gods. And then it all went wrong.<br><br>I didn't mind sharing my shower with a cockroach, hell I even gave him a name. Eric. Eric the cockroach. <br><br>I could just about bare the heat, a slight breeze wafted in through the window upon occasion. <br><br>I didn't mind that my fan operated on ...

... finished" internally but the location of Aleppo right in the centre of the city is astonishing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleppo_Cit adel We left for lunch in the Sewar restaurant in the Souk and then we were free to try and find our way back to the hotel after ...

... the ride to the city center and refuse to use their meter. We manage that a kid from the bus with a minimum english knowledge shares the ride with us. We don't manage to pronounce properly the name of the street, while they are struggling to read the map at the guide (facts: 1/ never show a map to a taxi driver, it is quite likely that he is going to be clueless on how to decipher it, and 2/ never try to pronounce the name of the street in arab as it appears in ...

... feeling very well I headed back to the hotel, it seemed that I was struck by a tummy bug (or food poisoning) and that is where I spent the rest of the day, while the group explored. I did venture out for a quick meal of lentil soup and salad, missing out on a night out in the christain quarter with the group, but I am glad I did, because no sooner did I open the door of the hotel room I painted the bathroom. I was so unwell!!!!

... of the boarder police saw me standing there bewildered and said; "Canada passport" and another man grabbed my passport from me and put it on the pile. After about 20 minutes I got my stamp and I was free to enter Syria, the only problem was that I had no ride to the first city, nor did I have any money. The tourist info guy told me to ask one of the buses going to Aleppo for a ride saying that they would not charge me. I went outside and sat on the curb waiting ...

... tout est fermé, les gens se lèvent. J'avais vécu l'ouverture du souq à Homs, la semaine passée, et l'expérience fut une nouvelle fois très sympathique quoi que j'avais surtout en tête l'idée cliché que le type s'était barré définitivement. Adossé à un mur près de l'endroit de la veille, j'ai attendu, nourri par un espoir aussi inexplicable que mon attitude de ...

... rolled into Aleppo at about 1:45PM. The journey should have taken two hours. <br><br>I arrived in Aleppo and found my hotel fairly quickly, despite finding only Arabic writing on the buildings and street signs. It is rather difficult as I can't even really tell when one Arabic character ends and another begins. I found my way with the help of many good samaritans. I've never had my guide book in my hand (looking at the map) for more than 30 seconds before someone stops to ask ...