I have not been struck by lightening on the road to Damascus. I am still a sinner
2009-09-30, Damascus, Syria. By: frankieboy

9/30/09 Damascus is one of a few cities that I have visited that claims to be the world’s oldest city (Byblos and Sana’a being two of the others) so I got out my cell phone video camera and set of...

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2009-09-26, Homs, Syria. By: frankieboy

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To the castle
2009-09-26, Hama, Syria. By: frankieboy

Syria 24/9/2009 Getting into Syria was what the Yemenis call a fish market and what the cruder among us (me) call a shit show. It reminded me of a scene from a movie where is shows a stock marke...

Now this is what the Middle East is all about!
2006-10-06, Aleppo, Syria. By: TeamHoki

Crazy sights and sounds to be had in Syria. A dramatic change in wealth from Turkey and as they have very few tourists, we were quite a spectacle to the locals throughout. Took a tour of the city ...

Syria doesn't Souk!
2006-10-11, Damascus, Syria. By: thenomads

We ended up croosing the border between Turkey and Syria around 930 pm, that was the plan because it shouldn't be too busy and it should be a "quick" crossing. We sat in Turkey for over an hour, we a...

Journal of the rest of the holiday
2006-04-21, Damascus, Syria. By: pete_k

As I said, I didn’t put an update up on this site every day of the holiday. I’m back in Lebanon now so I’m writing these final details of my Syrian Backpacking Adventure. I’ll try to continue where I ...

Arriving in Syria
2006-04-17, Damascus, Syria. By: pete_k

I can't promise I'll put any more updates here. I'm only doing this because I want to sit down for a while in this Internet Café. We arrived in Damascus yesterday, after quite an unnecessarily long...

Moses' Hot Bedouin Carvings
2004-10-01, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Syria. By: vorn

continuing north from egypt... jordan less sand more rocks. more westernised. less 'owstraaleeya' yelled at you as you walk down the street desert jeep 'safari' (rally) thru wadi rum awesome....

Baghdad or Bust - Lots of Mushrooms - Other stuff
2004-08-17, Syria, Syria. By: nickvdp

Hey guys, well been a bit slack on the email front this trip, I'll blame it on the heat. Aug 2 - Istanbul Made it into Istanbul airport just after midnight, absolutely stuffed thanks to a couple...