Evil? Maybe. Danger to you here? NO

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Naturally, we couldn’t wait to get as close to the HQ of the axis of evil as possible. It’s not like North Korea or Iran were in the cards for us! Damascus was much smaller than either Cairo or Istanbul, and did not have the same level of energy permeating from its city core. Good thing to, the road is only wide enough for one car at many places, and one way signs or not followed. See pic. We made it to the street called straight, the downtown mosque (watch your shoes, one pair ended up walking off on their own). The (old) Royal Palace was way cool, tucked in a back ally and understated one outside but very elegant from the courtyard. We stayed at some kind of Catholic boarding house on the outskirts of the city, which served us just fine. After a few days of messing around, we were ready to be going to Beirut.

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Photos

Inside of centrol Mosque
Don't bring nice shoes with you, they wont be there when you get back