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Ma'aloulah - Crac des Chevaliers - Hama

A travel blog entry by hilde

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... des Chevaliers (Qalat al Hosn).
Waaaaaw, dat is me nogal een burcht! Prachtige locatie! Je komt ogen te kort om alles in je op te nemen. Hij overweldigt door zijn ligging op een 650 meter hoge heuvel met zacht glooiende flanken en is prachtig bewaard gebleven.
De naam 'Krak' komt uit het Syrisch, een oude vorm van Aramees, en betekent 'burcht'.
Deze bijzonder imposante burcht is één van de laatste versterkte plaatsen van ...

Ruins, ruins and more ruins

A travel blog entry by fnahallnz

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... for a cafe that had some. We found 1 and spent the rest of the afternoon out of the rain.  The next day we had organised a day trip to see the dead cities, north of Hama. The first place was Apamea and was quite a surprise. It was a 3rd century town which still had quite a bit still intact. It was a beautiful day with clear blue skies and the ruins looked amazing. We even had t-shirts on. My arms were shocked by ...

Salaam alaykum

A travel blog entry by suzymartin

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... the oil stove, and drank copious amounts of tea and strong Arabic coffee.

Today was a short cycle between Hama, a city famous for it's huge wooden waterwheels, and Homs, a city with a large Christian quarter. The weather turned English on us last night (cold, grey and wet), so we opted for the dual carriageway instead of the scenic route. We stopped at a petrol station half way. Damp and very muddy, but grinning, I was quite happy ...

Palmyra

A travel blog entry by becjones83

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... 7 chips and a huge dollop of mayo n tomato sauce!!!! It was horrid!

So the end of 2010 was not very impressive for us! We hoped the start of 2011 would be a good change!!

Day 1 of 2011 we headed to palmyra. The first stop on the tour was a ruined citadel. It was a steep walk up to get closer but Leah and I were up to the challenge! It was about 8.30am and we. Powered up! The other three on the tour didn't come up. It was ...

A castle and Korean BBQ

A travel blog entry by jonbart

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... me mostly for the lack of any sort of ropes or fencing, which meant that one could easily be blown over the edge of the walls by the strong winds and never be heard of again. That evening in Hamah on the roof of our hotel I enjoyed a Korean BBQ cooked from a small camping cooker by a Korean biker-traveler... delicious! Almost as good as the beef you get from Mr. Kim in Kabul. ...

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