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RE: Me and my backpack's 100 favourite places
by Jeraboa 31 May 2012
I enjoyed making my list and thinking back to the places I've been and which ones I liked most or got the most out of, if I enjoyed doing…
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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 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: THROWN out of a Youth Hostel - Help Requested?
by go_2 19 May 2012
The youth hostels in China are amazing - and excellent value too. Jordan Tower in Amman wins the prize for thoughtful little touches that…
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RE: Shared Taxi from Airport to Damascus
by okietravelguy 18 May 2012
Wouldn't getting a shared taxi at Cola be easier? Not sure from airport, but Cola seems to be closer than Helou. If you don't find…
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RE: Teaching Italians in English
by lynnekeys 18 May 2012
Re. 4 From my own experıence of workıng wıth unıversıty students ın Lebanon, most cannot speak, let alone wrıte, Modern Standard A …
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RE: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2
by Mesha 12 May 2012
SANTIAGOSHEIKH - I have never owned, or been involved with any hotel in Syria. EVER !!!!!! This is a false statement . Are you confusing…
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RE: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2
by Mesha 12 May 2012
The joke gets even bigger !!!!!!!!! and more funnier !!!!!!! SANTIAGOSHEIKH - I HAVE NEVER OWNED, BEEN A PARTNER NOR EVER BEEN…
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Re: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2
by seftali 12 May 2012
I take note of the fact that all the recent 3 posters are informing us what this biker is doing in Syria and what his motives are. However…
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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 go_2 11 May 2012
Seftali - if you were not so partisan you'd have seen +why+ I put up that report. When random attacks are as close as Souk Sarouja -…
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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 go_2 10 May 2012
Seftali - best to put plans on (indefinite) hold. Regarless of - or perhaps because of - a UN presence, the situation is hotting up, with…
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Re: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2
by stevancelinac 09 May 2012
I can confirm that is possible to fly to Damascus with Egypt Air from Cairo.
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