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Hamah
Left Aleppo this morning and drove to the town of Hamah. On the way I stopped to visit the old French crusader castle, Crac de Chevilers (?) which was very cool. Hamah is a quaint little town famous for its old water wheels in the rivers. The wheels creak and are quite loud so I am not sure if I will be able to sleep tonight! The locals here are …
Crusader Castles and Water Wheels
Weather turned icy cold today and I reckon there is going to be snow. Crac de Chevalier was on the agenda. This is a crusader castle perched ontop of a mountain and has two parts. The outer wall with 13 towers and the inner wall and main area with a moat in between the two walls. We entered the fortress via the zigzagged entryway which was designed …
Attacking Crac de Chevaliers
Well I managed to stomach some bread last night and then went to our group meeting. Was feeling really ****** though so I didn't take a lot of it in - which is really annoying cos Bashar tells us something interesting about Syria every night. Went to bed and then this morning I was feeling really good until just before breakfast when I realised my …
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