Dar Halabia Hotel

... . The immigration and customs were a breeze to get through.  My pre-arranged English-speaking driver got me to the my hotel, The Dar Halabia Hotel, and got me settled in for a nap//sleep.      I awoke and was ready to go later in ...

... we did meet a bunch of Kiwis at our hotel, one of the few located inside the old city). The hotel we chose (Dar Halabia) was a stunner – another converted house with a big interior courtyard (complete with the biggest lemon tree I've ever seen), and ...

... which means "Gate Antakya"), and luckly this seemed to register with him.   Then his eyes lit up and he said "Dar Halabia?", the name of my hotel.   I jumped up and down saying "Shukran, Shukran!"   We then proceeded to ...

We made our way from Cappadocia Turkey down to Adana (not a good place to get accomodation) arriving at around 10:00pm. The next day we travelled towards the border with Syria. Our goal was to get to Aleppo in Syria before nighfall. Our remaining travel ...