Ya estoy en Damasco, con más de 40º, con lo bien que estaba en Donosti, estás son las fotos de mi último baño en el Atlantico. Sama döndüm, burada hava çok sicak, 40º, memleketimde iki buçuk hafta kaldim, üç günde birde yagmur yagadi, havalar burdan daha çok serin ona ragmen her gün denize girdim, iste son kere. [View Full Entry]

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Baalbek, en árabe Ba'lbakk (بعلبك), es actualmente una localidad del Líbano de 25.000 habitantes a unos 200 km al este de Beirut. En la antigüedad fue un santuario fenicio dedicado al dios Baal; fue ciudad griega, y a partir de la época de los seléucidas se le llamó Heliópolis, siendo colonia romana desde Augusto. Es uno de los yacimientos arqueológicos más importantes del cercano oriente, declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO en 1984. Es notable una zona de templos de entre los siglos I-III d.C. en honor de la Tríada heliopolitana: Júpiter, Mercurio [View Full Entry]

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Wherever you go through Maloula you could hear a fable that tells a parable allegory composed by the creative imagination of the man. It was conveyed to us by generations, till it reached us in this splendour shape, and the remaining ruins are good proof of this area-mans will, and his ability to defy the time. The best example for this is the spoken language among the people of Maloula. You will be amazed for these utterances, and the language that is still used in common without any knowledge of rules of writing, or its alphabet. Its is amazing when you [View Full Entry]

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A la sombra de la pared este de la Mezquita de los Omeyas ' la fuente ' es el café con más solera de de Damasco. Aquí es donde se puede escuchar a Abu Shadi, el último de los hakawati, cuentacuentos profesionales. Cada tarde a eso de las 19:00 h. Abu toma asiento para contar los cuentos de la época de los mamelucos. Umayad caminin bati duvarinin gölgesinde, “çesme” Samdaki en güzel ve geleneksel cafesi, orda Abu Shadi, son hikawati, yani hikaye anlatan, hikayelirini anlatiyor, saat 19:00’da, namazdan sonra. Nestled in the shadow of the Umayyad Mosque's eastern wall [View Full Entry]

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A Sunday in Aleppo [View Full Entry]

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The Pontic Mountains (Turkish Doğu Karadeniz Dağları) are a range of mountains in northern Turkey, whose eastern end extends into southeastern Georgia. The range runs roughly east-west, parallel and close to the southern coast of the Black Sea. The highest peak in the range is Kaçkar Dağı, which rises to 3942 meters elevation (12,933 feet). The North Anatolian Fault and the Northeast Anatolian Fault, which are east-west running strike-slip faults, run along the length of the range. The mountains are generally covered by dense forests, predominantly of conifers. The No [View Full Entry]

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Hamzarat is Perset's yayla, in july they go up there with their animals and stay until september. [View Full Entry]

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Agua [View Full Entry]

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Pictures by Ali Barhali [View Full Entry]

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