Syria travel stories

Sleeping in Crac

Onwards we drove, ever closer to Turkey, but still in Syria for at least one more night. We went to see the Hama water wheels. These were built for the simple task of raising water. Quite simple a...

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Palmyra crap

We drove out early in the morning, saying goodbye to another city. We headed north as we were going to see another ancient Roman ruin. Palmyra. These ruins were excavated around 1935 according to ...

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Damascus, here we come

We arrived at the border to and leaving Jordan was a mere formality. Arriving in Syria, did not go a s planned. Glenn was taken away for questioning. Why ? Don’t know, but Stevie had to drive th...

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Overlanding across Afica in our Land Rover Defender: Syria

aleppo - 14th july our arrival into aleppo could not have been more welcoming. as the budget accommodation is to be found in the spare car parts and tyres part of town there was much interest in t...

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Scrub Me, Baby!

After Israel, I made it to Syria from Jordan rather easily, the little "stamp me on a separate piece of paper" thing working quite well. Syria's polite and genuinely hospitable men were a welc...

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