Setting off

Syria and first pics

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November 30th 2009
Syria continued Right, so I left the last entry having just met a fellow biker and his girlfriend looking over my orange crush downstairs. Turns out they're backpacking it this time... but it's pretty obvious he has serious bike withdrawl 😉 and I can't blame him considering his pedigree! Veteran of an 8 year round the world solo trip and seemingly countless other biking jaunts ... read more

Middle East » Syria » East » Palmyra

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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