Beit al Mamlouka

... Ben referred to as my Jedi-knight costume.  On our first night in Damascus, we stayed in luxury at the Beit Mamlouka, a wonderfully restored house with central courtyard, while our second night we returned to earth and stayed in the Damascus ...

So here I was waiting at a bus stop in Ma,lula Syria. This famous village is some 56 kilometers from Damascus. The people that live there still speak Aramic, the language spoken by Christ. The houses are carved into the rocks. An amazing place to ...