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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 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
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 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 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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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 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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RE: Jordan in May
by riptide678 28 February 2012
I definitely recommend going to Jerash. It was better than I expected. I have visited other ruins in the area (Ephesus, Palmyra) and…
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RE: Updates for 3rd Edition
by laketraveller 20 February 2012
Thanks. I also was the only tourist visiting the museum and Palmyra ruins when I was there last year. It was amazing to have the place…
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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,…
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RE: Traveling in war zones
by go_2 16 February 2012
Exactly, gawkabout. That's what I always do. I was in Syria in October. Right up until the last minute it was always a toss-up between…
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Re: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2
by seftali 12 February 2012
Anacondor, what has happened in Tadmur is not really clear because there are not enough news about it. Yesterday Tadmur/Palmyra was surround…
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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…
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RE: Syria: Travel Updates Part 2
by Anacondor 12 February 2012
Go_2, you were clear, I just missed your point of not driving via Palmyra. Could you please further explain the I understand problems…
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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…
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RE: Sticky post suggested: Syria travel warning
by vegan_voyager 23 December 2011
I would have to agree with Brett and Mary, that although there are check points on the roads, I have personally seen no sign of any trouble.…
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Re: Sticky post suggested: Syria travel warning
by cairos 18 December 2011
I just read about defections in Tadmur and 2 killed, several wounded. Does anyone know anything about this or can verify?
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Re: syria report
by seftali 17 November 2011
I just spoke to my friend in Damascus. He says, Damascus is still ok, but the road from Aleppo to Damascus may not be. Do NOT go through…
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RE: Sticky post suggested: Syria travel warning
by seftali 17 November 2011
Essiek, I just spoke to my friend in Syria, and he says, do not go to Hama or Homs. If you want to drive through the area, you might be…
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Re: syria report
by emes 13 November 2011
People seem to be scared too much. Syria, even now, is very safe for foreigners. Definitely safer than most European countries. But the…
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RE: Sticky post suggested: Syria travel warning
by go_2 29 October 2011
Oh, my mistake Sefatli. I made a wrong assumption as to the route from Aleppo to Palmyra. But although edthesock said Hama was quiet ('borin…
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Re: Sticky post suggested: Syria travel warning
by seftali 29 October 2011
Deir az Zur is not at all between Aleppo and Damascus, nor is it between Aleppo and Palmyra (in case that was a typo). It is further East,…
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RE: Sticky post suggested: Syria travel warning
by go_2 28 October 2011
In Aleppo they advise only to travel to Palmyra from Damascus. Problems break out from time to time in Deir az Zur and that's between…
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RE: Sticky post suggested: Syria travel warning
by edthesock 28 October 2011
Kinda cold in winter but not Canada cold. Best to get visa in advance. I took the bus from Damascus to Hama then on to Aleppo and then…
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Damascus - and more travellers to share with
by go_2 14 October 2011
Tuesday saw me confined to my hotel with a sudden, violent cold, lacking the energy to move further than the top of the lane in the morning…
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