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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…
10 Day Japan Itinerary (Early July)

by dusty_coco 30 May 2012

G'day All, My friend and I will be travelling to Japan in early July and I'm just trying to draft a suitable itinerary. Any suggestions,…
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,…
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.
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,…
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…
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…
RE: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2

by Mesha 11 May 2012

Seftali, I don't get your point at all here. Is this a competition or something to find the biggest idiot in the world or what? No…
Re: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2

by santiagosheikh 11 May 2012

Dear all this story happened with me yesterday, i thought it might be good to share it with other amid all these arguments and concerns!…
RE: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2

by DUDE057 24 April 2012

It's a curious thing. While Syrian citizens in Homs, Hama and suburban Damascus are being shelled, the lowest class of backpackers are…
Monopod (xshot, USories and cheaper versions) good/allowed on planes??

by Aggerdoo 05 March 2012

Hi I'm going travelling this summer with my sister to Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos etc and I have been looking at getting a monopod to help…
RE: Shady as shit

by GeoffW 05 March 2012

I agree with you Banned, Iran is very friendly, I'd loved to go back to Isfahan for a while, beautiful city. Syria was nice too, got some…
RE: Why was only England affected during the riots?

by VinnyD 01 March 2012

They look good, nexus. I'm going with my original idea. Different places are different. Scotland isn't England and England isn't France…
RE: Why were so many

by Barry 01 March 2012

It was Hama. Brain oops - Homs is in the news now.
RE: Why were so many

by VinnyD 01 March 2012

Was it Homs or Hama, or both?
Updates for 3rd Edition

by craigjenkins 20 February 2012

Sorry I am sure there is a thread for this but here you go. Not sure about demand for an update with things as they are at the moment,…
Re: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2

by meda_vanilkova 15 February 2012

Hi there, I really love Syria, based on my 2008 experience which was great, I have been longing to get back since then. I thought last…
RE: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2

by go_2 12 February 2012

As I said earlier, you need the most up-to-date information on a daily basis. I'd heard about problems in Palmyra recently, and the road…
RE: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2

by go_2 11 February 2012

Oh dear, wasn't I clear? DON'T go via Palmyra. I understand there have been some problems there. Take the main road from the border straig…
RE: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2

by Anacondor 11 February 2012

Go_2, thank you very much for your post, it seems to be very helpful. Indeed, all our paperwork should be fine (passports, visa, carnet…
RE: Syrian visa at border for Australians?

by phillyfan 08 February 2012

You have no sense if history in Syria. You seem to be clueless about actions by the Assad's father in Hama, where over 10,000 were slaughter…
RE: Syrian visa at border for Australians?

by phillyfan 07 February 2012

go 2, There are atrocities being committed in Syri, Unless yo are a witness, you have no place in reporting to us. This regime, that includ…
RE: Syrian visa at border for Australians?

by phillyfan 07 February 2012

Go, No, I have not been in Syria, but I have spent lots of time in Lebanon during the war. i know how it is where war is raging in one…
Re: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2

by seftali 07 February 2012

Anacondor, I would not advise anyone to drive through Syria at this time. But if you have to I can only tell you that a friend of mine…
Almost there. Just need a little more push from LP Japan Expertss

by cheapsoloist 31 January 2012

From my previous thread, I question if $3000 SGD (inclusive of staying 12 nights at Asakusa Sakura for 17,000Yen - Confirmed) would be…