Ersatz pilgrim, Mar Musa

May 24th 2007
If you haven’t spent too much time around a monastery, you’d be surprised by just how much noise a bunch of monks can make rolling out of bed in the morning. It’s hardly past sunrise when I first hear them outside my window, bickering away in Arabic, laughing hoarsely, and going to great lengths to ensure that the rigors of monastic life are shared by every last pilgrim in earshot. There’ ... 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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