Protesters

This photo was taken outside from my hotel window

March 29th 2011
******** Update: The day was amazing the people were incredibly nice, the city is safe and I'm off to bed I will try to actually write a real post tomorrow assuming my next hotel has Internet access. ****************** This is going to be a very brief post as I am about to go out for breakfast. Currently there are tens of thousands of pro government protesters fairly close to our hotel. At t ... read more

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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

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Well its been 2 years since my last trip and its time for another adventure. This year I will be touring the Middle East from a geeks perspective. This trip will we be far more physically demanding than my last trip, and will probably have a lot less drinking. This trip I will be touring Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Turkey and once I am in Istanbul I will take 2 weeks to find my way home depending on what flights are cheap, and where I feel like going. I will be updating this blog less frequently than my last trip as at times I will be going without internet access for a few days at a time. --... full info

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