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The Palmyra

Damascus Rd., PO Box 135 Palmyra, Syria

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Roman ruins of Palmyra

A travel blog entry by fifoota

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Our next stop in Syria was Palmyra, site of a Roman city of trading importance, situated out in the desert (well most of Syria appears to be like a desert). The extent of the ruins was impressive, and being out in the middle of nowhere you could enjoy it almost to yourself. The down-side of this isolated location though, was a distinct lack of …

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Palmyra

A travel blog entry by kimgatenby

... 305;gn to Bahgdad. I thought that was a bıt odd but the boys enjoyed posıng ın front of ıt wıth fake pıstols made from theır hands.
We also stopped off at Crac Des Chevalıers whıch ıs an old fort. I must have been a bıt tıred because ı cant remember any fascınatıng fort facts to tell you. Sorry.
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Palmyra, oude stad van koningin Zenobia

A travel blog entry by hilde

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's Morgens gaan we, na het ontbijt, weer vroeg op weg. Een bezoek aan Deir doen we niet, vandaag staat immers Palmyra op het programma. Palmyra, we kijken er naar uit, ’t zou het hoogtepunt van de reis moeten worden!
We verlaten Deir ez-Zor en rijden nu stilaan de woestijn in. Een lange rechte weg leidt ons doorheen een eindeloze zanderige vlakte. Slechts hier en daar wat 'toefjes’ gras waarmee enkele kuddes koeien, schapen en ...

Lost in Translation

A travel blog entry by jmckerricher

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... for anyone who cared (or was paid) to listen to me. At the start of my classes my instructor often tested my vocab; on more than one occasion my response would prompt her to snicker or even burst into laughter . Once she had regained her composure she would calmly say, trying to hold herself together- "you can go ahead and delete that word from your memory." Or sometimes she would stop me, and say "Be very careful with this word- because it sounds ...

Car trouble and machine guns in desert paradise

A travel blog entry by billnpat

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... That was OK to get us through the desert and into Palmyra, but the problem obviously will need to be resolved. I have sent an email to various VW people I know, not least of whom is brother Bob who works at a VW dealership… so hopefully someone might come up with a solution while we enjoy Palmyra.

Other than the engine problem, the desert trip had its interests. We passed a few tent villages… we are guessing these were more Bedouins… with flocks of sheep ...