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A Battling Stopover Before Leaving Syria
... the gun fire was over heads of the crowds or blanks. I hope it was. News reports of other cities however suggested greater volatility and injury.
Needless to say, Hama was quiet that evening and the streets empty. A brief stroll revealed coaches of soldiers fast asleep near the government building, with small patrols keeping watch.
An early departure the next day.
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Ma'aloulah - Crac des Chevaliers - Hama
... zich een kleine kapel. Eerst schoenen uitdoen alvorens er binnen te gaan. Binnen branden kaarsjes en er zit een zuster te haken.
Beneden aan het klooster heb je een paar winkeltjes en je kan er de plaatselijke rode wijn kopen. Best eerst eens proeven, want het is een erg zoet drankje dat niet bij iedereen in de smaak zal vallen! Stefaan vond het alleszins niet lekker.
Na Ma'aloulah rijden we eerst -via de ringweg onder Homs- ...
Ruins, ruins and more ruins
... that served chicken schnitzel with a nice salad. Just what the doctor ordered. The next morning we walked around Hama and along Orontes river to look at Noria's, water wheels. They looked pretty cool though the water was dirty. Next to the river was a park that we sat in and talked to some guys for awhile. We had been struggling to get Internet, due to what was happening in the rest of the middle east so we went ...
Palmyra
... extremely sweet tea!
It was new years eve but nothing was happening in this little town! We got recommended a nice restaurant from our hotel so we headed out to at least have a nice meal. It turned outto be the worse of the entire trip... I ordered rice and veggies and Leah ordered crispy chicken and chips. I got this weird watery soup with chicken and weird little veggies and a plate of slimy rice. Leah got 6 chicken nuggets-frozen ...
A castle and Korean BBQ
Syria also introduced me to mobile olive markets... they probably exist in many parts of the Greater Mediterranean, but the idea of driving around little trucks carrying olives on the back, stopping at every corner announcing your arrival from loudspeakers seems such a good way of selling your produce. The Krak des Chavaliers, one of the most amazing crusader castles ...


