Ziad Hotel Deir Ezzor

... fun,adventure & exploration.

Dusty days and dusty nights, Man we are in the middle of the desert today. The sites we visited were simply dusty mounds of dirt. Hard to get excited about until you tell yourself this is the cradle of civilisation and you should be interested. In any case enjoy the photos.

... under siege. The weather had turned tricky as we had to edge our way around the high spots in a 40 knot wind. A good head of heights was required here. This is why you will not see any photos from the top, as rubber legs Mike was not willing to climb ...

... for Aleppo I luckily managed to jump straight on a bus and paid around 1 pound 30 for a 2 hour bus ride not bad at all. The buses here are really luxurious and would not look out of place in the UK apart from the dodgy movies they put on. When I arrived into Aleppo the bus station is not where the lonely planet said it would be it had moved. The problem with my guide book is that is 3 years old so somethings are out of date and ...

... d'Homs, visitée l'avant veille. L'Euphrate la traverse elle aussi (un joli petit pont, en état douteux néanmoins), et hôtel comme restaurants ont été l'occasion d'ultimes sympathiques ...

... ruines ayant revêti un aspect plus traditionnel, sec j'entends, et d'en conclure qu'effectivemment Palmyre c'est pas mal je vous recommanderai. Deir ez Zur, dans l'est de la Syrie, sentait déjà bien l'Iraq : les environs de la ville sont assez misérables et la pluie tombée la veille (ici aussi) avait donné au revêtement une dimension boueuse d'un point de vue esthétique assez d ...

... day. Tom made sure he kept his distance having tried to shake her hand the night before - it speedily withdrew up into the arm of her coat offering him a flapping sleeve! Being a girl, I was smothered with kisses. Hanaa explained it was Weaam's custom, (or in other words one of the many conditions of her religion.) Hanaa's eldest brother Mohammed (sporting a fantastic moustache) picked us up from Raqqa station in a ...

Deir Ezzor er det oestlige syriens hovedby og et virvar af forskellige folkeslag... Kunne godt maerke, vi var langt vaek fra alfavej - og taet paa Irak. Vi er blevet registreret til den store guldmedalje - kan ikke koebe en tog- eller busbillet uden at skulle vise pas og indskrives. Samtidig er vi naermest blevet udspurgt paa hottellet i Qumishle om vores goeren og laden (der for mit vedkommende ikke var stort)...

We arrived in Deir az-Zur in the late afternoon having spent 18 of the previous 24 hours on buses of various sorts, so our first priority was a much-needed shower at the hotel. Feeling refreshed we headed for a wander around the town. The centre itself was little different to some of the other generic, 'slightly dirty' towns of Syria, yet it had a relaxed air about it, induced perhaps by its oasis-like surroundings. A few minutes walk outside of the centre was the ...

BRIEF: Just arrived in Deir es Zuir, 100 miles from the Iraqi border, wondering what the hell are we doing anywhere near it! But same old storey friendly inquisitive people, good food, and more sights than you could through a stick at! The lack of photos at the moment is mainly due to lack of good internet facilities ... Take care and say a prayer! Jim