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Surviving Syria
... I decided to move on to Damascus despite the warnings.
On my last night in Aleppo after yet another tour around the old citadel, I was confronted by a group of angry people waving rifles alongside armed soldiers. In total, there were about fifty people. I crossed the street, fearing that this could get ugly. It wasn't until I looked back that I noticed that the soldiers were in period costume and there were other people dressed in Bedouin robes. It was a ...
Axis of zataar, mosques and neon mountains
... The next day we don't manage much more than breakfast in Muhajreen, some work for Manu, shopping for Pieter and sunset on top of Jebel Qasyun mountain for me. Muhajreen is a beautiful neighboorhood, dotted with embassies and (once again, just like in Beirut) heavily armed security forces at every corner. I nearly get myself in trouble with one of them when I try to take a picture of a nice building, not realizing it is an embassy or some other sort of official ...
Day 5 - Cradle of Civilisation
... Sarkis) where we were able to see original mosaic walls, listen to the language of Christ in the Lord's Prayer. Both Christians and Muslims come here on pilgrimage to receive blessings.
The Monastery was built in the 4th century on the remains of a pagan temple, the Mar Sarkis monastery is one of the oldest in Christendom. That it likely predates the Council of Nicea (325 AD) ...
96.2% of the moon visible
... about going into the mass area of all sorts of buses (charters, mini buses and local ones). We went through the metal detectors and xray machines for our bags (they beeped, but nobody checked them), found a charter service that went to Palmyra, and after being convinced that the bus was just about to leave we gave them our passports, paid our money and found out we had an hour to wait. So, we walked up to some more police, showed them our tickets ...
Sick? already?
... have to walk instead tommorow just to avoid it. the chimo is right next to a mosque called 'bam al akram' which i remember cuz it sounds like 'creme de la creme'. HEY CABBY! CREME DE LA CREME PLEASE! we had
fell-awfull (felefel) for lunch today. 55 cents per sandwhich and by far the best ive ever had in my life. (sorry jay plouffe and grassroots) full of things pickled and ...
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