Path, Mar Musa

May 22nd 2007
We’ve been sitting and simmering in a minibus for a quarter of an hour, the driver outside smoking his L&M cigarettes and a few hoarse guys shouting out destinations (“Nebeknebeknebek!” “Halebhalebhaleb!”) while people go scurrying around the station, duffel bags and swaddled infants in tow. Within the hour I should be climbing the 343 stone steps to the hill-top monastery of Deir Mar M ... read more

Middle East » Syria » South » Damascus

Following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire during World War I, Syria was administered by the French until independence in 1946. In the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Syria lost the Golan Heights to Israel. Syrian troops - stationed in Lebanon since 1976 in ... ... read more

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Christopher Vourlias

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Chris is an avid traveler and hypercaffeinated writer, criss-crossing the globe and occasionally remembering to call home. Follow me at postcardjunky.wordpress.com. UPDATE, 22 January 2010: For those of you - both of you? - who have been following this blog off and on (mostly off) for the past few years, it's time to officially put it on a permanent hiatus. As much as I love these nutty little essays about my time on the road, they're just a bit too time-consuming to keep up with, given the demands of my freelance work. So for now, my dear TravelBlog, it's time to say adieu, though ... full info

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