Hamma, Syria
August 4th 2010 Then to Hamma - a good base for Aleppo and the Dead Cities, so we stayed for a few days.
It's a small, working town - friendly and pretty, but ( a big but) there was a massacre back in the 80s. Difficult to believe it could have ever have happened while you're actually there, it all seems so relaxed and laid back. Most tourists come for the Nourias - huge wooden wheels that dot the river.
It w
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