There is nothing to see in Al Hasake, which is why I went there. There should be a castle around somewhere, but I couldn't even find that (more my fault than the castle's, I'm hopellesly lost if it's not on my GPS). I spent about two days in Hasake, I think I spotted another tourist, but I'm not sure. On the full day I had I just wanderred around, mostly in the souk. It's a typically Arab town, around lunch most shops close till the heat dies down. Then they open up again untill late at night. It's much mure rural that Aleppo, with a different ethnic blend. Quite a lot of Kurdish. I met a man in the market who told me he studied as an argricultural engineer, but he sold vegetables in the market
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