Sheraton Damascus Hotel And Towers

... or living beings. I have to say it smelled like feet, probably because everyone carried their shoes inside instead of leaving them outside. A bad habit in my opinion. I never entered a temple in Thailand that smelled like feet and I can't even say how many temples I went in while I was there, but shoes always had to stay outside so I blame the shoes. John the Baptist's tomb is also inside the mosque as it is said they found his head during construction way way back in ...

... on the roof landing on her, but still. "****, it's seven." "****." In a minute our bags were packed and we were heading down stairs. We put our bags down for a bathroom break. We were ready to go 5 minutes after we awoke, Shona had her big bag on her back and was leaning over to get her day bag, well Shona doesn't have the best balance in the mornings. With arms flailing she was on her side, like a turtle lying on its back there was nothing she could do. Trying once to get up with ...

... punkter på reisen; nemlig sør-koreanske Bon-Mi. Vi kom med på et av hennes filmklipp, så snart er vi "big in South Korea".

Tilbake i Damaskus traff vi noen sveitsere som hadde kjøpt en gammel Golf i hjemlandet og kjørt nedover. Sammen fant vi det kristne kvartalet, hvor det endelig var mulig å oppdrive en pub og en kald pils. Vi er for øvrig fra oss av beundring for Pam og Dan som kjører rundt i en region hvor trafikkregler stort sett er noe man kun har hørt om i vitser!

... covered in a candy coating, a hard apricot candy, sweet sesame seed candy, turkish delight, dried fruits, dozens of different kinds of chocolate and if I still continued saying all the sweets you'll probably get bored so I'll stop. The next place we went to was the best ice cream shop in Syria. It was extremely busy, but we managed to find a table. We all ordered pistachio ice cream and it was very good.

After the ice cream we ...

... of us took a taxi into the center of Damascus and found our hotel on foot from there in Old Damascus. Old Damascus is as charming and enchanting than any other city we have been to. The labyrinth of souqs is both a pleasure and a wonder to be lost in. For the last three days nothing has brought more joy than walking aimlessly and eternally through the souqs, soaking in the daily life that flourishes here. We have enjoyed ...

Back to Damascus today and after dumping our laundry (there was alot of very dirty clothes after 9 days) we wandered through the souk and chilled out....we both needed some time out.... In the evening we headed to Oriental Buffet and downstairs restaurant tucked away down a small laneway in the souk.....the buffet was laden with local delacacies which were delish and huge array of dessert and pastries.....mmmmmmm....we were kept entertained ...

The breakfast served at Ghazal was no good. 50 Syrian pounds. My 2 roommates, the Australian and the Irish chaps, left for Aleppo. The Irish chap was planning to backpack through Africa. I wonder if he will make it through. Went to the Arab Science and Medicine Museum. As Lonely Planet (LP) says, it was a "hodgepodge". Plus, there were very few signs in English. These guys haven't got a clue about how to make and maintain museums. Passed through the Roman Arch into the ...

While having breakfast in the hostel's courtyard, I spotted an Aussie traveler having breakfast by herself so I invited her to have breakfast with me. She said she would like to have breakfast together as long as I moved to her table. I didn't understand what the difference was until she explained that I was sitting in the shade and she was sitting in the sun where she wished to remain. So I went over. I once heard someone tell me that people who walk on the sunny side of the street ...

... til Gallipoli. Gallipoli ligger stadig paa den Europaeiske side af Tyrkiet, og er kendt p.g.a. det lange og blodige slag der stod her i 1915 under Foerste Verdenskrig imellem De Allierede og Ottomanerne. Hen over ti mdr. doede flere hundrede tusinde, bare fordi De Allierede proeve at overtage kontrollen med The Dardanells, som er indsejlingen til Sortehavet. De fleste der var paa denne tur var Australiere og Kiwi'er, da en meget stor del af dem der doede ved Gallipoli var medlemmer ...