November 17th 2009  Middle East » Syria » West » Krak des Chevaliers
In breaking news, Becka and I finally did Krak! After spending two consecutive weekends in Damascus, I finally made it to Krak des Chavaliers, or Quala’at al-Hosn, a place which I had planned to ... 41 photos [full story]

September 13th 2009  Middle East » Syria » West » Latakia
Qardaha es el pueblo de la familia del presidente, ahí están enterrados en un mausoleo Hafez el Assad que murió en el año 2000 y su hijo Basil fallecido seis años antes, así como el de la madre de Haf ... 12 photos [full story]

July 12th 2009  Middle East » Syria » West » Latakia
There is this amazing city in the north-west of Syria: unspoiled beaches, a more liberal atmosphere and hardly any tourists, or so we were told by the Dutch institute. In retrospect, we should have be ... [full story]

July 24th 2009  Middle East » Syria » West » Krak des Chevaliers
We left Syria and headed to Lebanon not knowing what to expect. From the level of anxiety evident on our driver Wael's face, we were concerned the crossing would be an ordeal...and we were not disappo ... 5 photos [full story]