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RE: Travel Advice about Syria: Damascus-Palmyra-Aleppo
by indus 30 May 2012
Back in 2005 while I was in Bloemfontein, I happened to spend time frequently at public library and found for the very first time a biograph…
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RE: Travel Advice about Syria: Damascus-Palmyra-Aleppo
by marbles83 30 May 2012
Yes, akguindy, that's part of the Shia itinerary if they have enough days to spare in Damascus. Many groups on tight schedule skip it.…
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Re: Travel Advice about Syria: Damascus-Palmyra-Aleppo
by akguindy 30 May 2012
What about the Umayyad Mosque and the Ruqiyya Mosque in central Damascus? Used to be crowded with Shia pilgrims.
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Re: Travel Advice about Syria: Damascus-Palmyra-Aleppo
by marbles83 30 May 2012
@ indus If you are taking this tour for purposes other than religious tourism, and I mean strictly religious tourism, then you are taking…
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RE: Travel Advice about Syria: Damascus-Palmyra-Aleppo
by indus 30 May 2012
Thanks again. I do regard those site respect, we are being taken to in Damascus and around, Iraq and in the end Iran. I am not Shai myself,…
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Re: Travel Advice about Syria: Damascus-Palmyra-Aleppo
by marbles83 29 May 2012
@ akguidy: The civil war in Syria has not deterred, as of May '12, throngs of pilgrims visiting the Shia pilgrimage site in Zainabia,…
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Re: Travel Advice about Syria: Damascus-Palmyra-Aleppo
by akguindy 29 May 2012
This thread looks absolutely surrealistic to me: a person intending to enter a war zone with his fellow pilgrims,- and helpful people…
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RE: Travel Advice about Syria: Damascus-Palmyra-Aleppo
by laketraveller 29 May 2012
No problem. Didn't mean to imply you are. Just noting that alcohol and Muslim countries don't tend to mix. You can generally find it,…
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RE: Travel Advice about Syria: Damascus-Palmyra-Aleppo
by indus 29 May 2012
I am not a drinking-binge either, just a beer or two once in a blue moon, and saw there are some night clubs around, so just asked a questio…
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RE: Travel Advice about Syria: Damascus-Palmyra-Aleppo
by laketraveller 29 May 2012
Entrance fees vary depending upon the location and site. I am not aware of a single universal pass for every site. Can't help with the…
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RE: Travel Advice about Syria: Damascus-Palmyra-Aleppo
by indus 29 May 2012
Thanks everyone. One more question: How much is the entrance fee at the historical sites? does it vary? or can one buy something like…
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RE: Travel Advice about Syria: Damascus-Palmyra-Aleppo
by sandyfoot 29 May 2012
#5 That will be the infamous city of Hama that boasts those water wheels, there are 17 +Norias+ in Hama on the Orontes river.
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RE: Travel Advice about Syria: Damascus-Palmyra-Aleppo
by indus 29 May 2012
Thanks for the info. I got two more questions. What kind of place is Bosra and whether a day trip possible to it from Damascus. Second,…
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RE: Travel Advice about Syria: Damascus-Palmyra-Aleppo
by marbles83 28 May 2012
Foreigners are barred from going to Aleppo from Damascus, as of April 2012. I have first hand reports of companions who visited Damascus…
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RE: Travel Advice about Syria: Damascus-Palmyra-Aleppo
by laketraveller 28 May 2012
Of course, it's purely subjective, but I would visit Palmrya. First, while there have been reports of disturbances in and around Palmrya,…
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RE: Travel Advice about Syria: Damascus-Palmyra-Aleppo
by indus 28 May 2012
@laketraveller: Thanks for your advice. I may skip Aleppo. by the way if you are on such a tight schedule of less then one week, what…
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RE: Travel Advice about Syria: Damascus-Palmyra-Aleppo
by laketraveller 28 May 2012
First I'll state the obvious. Syria is currently engaged in a civil war and any travel in the country is risky at best and just plain…
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Travel Advice about Syria: Damascus-Palmya-Aleppo
by indus 28 May 2012
Hi I will be in Syria for 6 days on June 28 with a group of pilgrims, visiting Syria first and then Iraq and Iran. Our itinerary does…
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RE: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2
by blhh35 12 May 2012
Seftali---some days you exasperate me. I did not use the words "morally wrong" in reference to those traveling in Syria. But my opinion…
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RE: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2
by afz 11 May 2012
The fact that there is apparently one backpacker in Syria and that his presence was noted with something approaching astonishment in Damascu…
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Re: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2
by seftali 11 May 2012
Mesha, what's it to you? Why don't you let people be? Nobody is tlaking nonsense, Santiagosheikh is merely relating a story, and as I…
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Re: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2
by seftali 11 May 2012
Santiagosheikh, I love your story. Word has reached me too that a European couch server has veen sighted in Syria who suddenly turned…
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Re: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2
by seftali 10 May 2012
I find it very intersting that you, go2 , would assume that we have not heard of the explosions and you who you claim to be an ex-journalis…
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Re: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2
by seftali 06 May 2012
Jennylee, I have assumed and have had it confirmed by a Syrian a week ago that entering Syria from the Turkish border is not possible…
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Syrian Visa and Border Crossing for Australian
by startswithaJ 26 April 2012
There hasn't been much about Syrian VOA's on the forums lately. Short Story: I went to the Kilis border this morning and Refused entry.…
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