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  1. laketraveller avatar

    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,…

  2. laketraveller avatar

    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…

  3. catw avatar

    RE: day tour dead sea(jordan) to jerusalem

    by catw 16 May 2012

    These borders are crossed fast enough, you do not have to wait for eight hours under the sun. That said, I'd not recommend crossing into…

  4. sandyfoot avatar

    RE: day tour dead sea(jordan) to jerusalem

    by sandyfoot 16 May 2012

    My recommendation to you would be to look at neighbouring crossings, and come back with your observations or criticism. I suggest looking…

  5. afz avatar

    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…

  6. Mesha avatar

    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…

  7. santiagosheikh avatar

    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!…

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    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…

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    RE: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2

    by DUDE057 17 April 2012

    Culturemove willl be the coolist traveler ever. I just hope that Culturemove does not get caught up in an incident as they can flare uop…

  10. seftali avatar

    Re: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2

    by seftali 06 April 2012

    blhh35, I have contacted the admins about fixing the email function. Meanwhile, another report on Douma came in from Al Arabiya, some…

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    RE: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2

    by blhh35 05 April 2012

    seftali---I didn't try to reach him in the first days as he was visiting family and he had already said he wasn't taking laptop so I don't…

  12. seftali avatar

    Re: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2

    by seftali 05 April 2012

    blhh35, I am sorry to hear about your friend. Now, the part that I think may be significant is the fact that his phone has been off. Were…

  13. fluffy_bunny avatar

    RE: Kuwait visa at Saudi land border?

    by fluffy_bunny 27 March 2012

    Syria is not what the media makes it out to be. I live in Iraq and have a number of associates who travel to Damascus regularly. You wouldn'…

  14. GeoffW avatar

    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…

  15. bannedagain avatar

    RE: Shady as shit

    by bannedagain 04 March 2012

    Just because a gvnt is fucking horrible, doesn't make the people horrible. When I was in Homs, it was very pleasant. Fancy meeting up…

  16. Pubezz avatar

    RE: Shady as shit

    by Pubezz 03 March 2012

    The BBC don't give a Fuck about Football anymore; it's all F1 Shite with them.... Fancy meeting up in Homs next week, Baaaaaaned?...Thoug…

  17. go_2 avatar

    RE: When safe in Syria?

    by go_2 01 March 2012

    The situation in Syria changes from day to day, and it would be a very foolish person who could predict what things will be like in April…

  18. Barry avatar

    RE: Why were so many

    by Barry 01 March 2012

    It was Hama. Brain oops - Homs is in the news now.

  19. VinnyD avatar

    RE: Why were so many

    by VinnyD 01 March 2012

    Was it Homs or Hama, or both?

  20. Barry avatar

    RE: Why were so many

    by Barry 01 March 2012

    Assad Sr. had anywhere from 10 to 30,000 people killed in Homs in very short timeframe. That put an end to that uprising.

  21. RayCCroc avatar

    RE: Why were so many

    by RayCCroc 29 February 2012

    You guys have got better recall than me. I don't remember analysts saying that much, but Barry's points 3 & 4 were mentioned at the time…

  22. Anacondor avatar

    RE: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2

    by Anacondor 28 February 2012

    Hi - sorry for the late reply and short pm's - I haven't been online much as I have to arrange a lot of things for the shipping and I'm…

  23. merantau avatar

    RE: Trip to Bali

    by merantau 27 February 2012

    Jim, of course people can have different opinions but I take objection to some galah suggesting what my dead Mother might or might not…

  24. craigjenkins avatar

    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,…

  25. go_2 avatar

    RE: Filthy...

    by go_2 17 February 2012

    +Are you germophobic or something?+ I think you might have something there, T. In Damascus last October there was a Canadian traveller…

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