Palmyra,
Syria
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Today we had a semi-early start. The heat in this part of the world starts at around 1pm, when the breeze dies down. So we started out guided tour of Palmyra at 9am. Our guide was this funny Syrian guide who talked more or less like Dr. Evil from the Austin Powers movies, very amusing to listen to. I liked the ruins here at Palmyra to the one we saw at Ephesos, but maybe that's because we had a guide here, while we were left to wander on our on at Ephesos. It was pretty hot walking around Palmyra, so in the afternoon Aldo from Peru and I to a pool to cool down a bit, this resultet in the both of us smelling like rotten eggs as it was sulphuric water in the pool, but in was a nice dip. If you feel like a dip, talk to the people at The PanCake House, they can help you, it costs about 150Syrian Pounds to get in, and Aldo and I had it to ourselves.
Well, I'll start uploading some pics now.
Take care,
Eva Maria
