It took me a while to find Resafe, the road sign was stuck away between some buildings. When I stopped to check my map, I was ofcourse invited to drink some coffee again, this time by a farmer and a visiting vet. They didn't speak any Englsih, but that's never a huge problem in Syria. They pointed me in the right direction, and I soon found the right road. Resafe is an old city burried in the middle of the desert. Yes, hot and dusty, dusty and hot. It's a weird place. The walls are still mostly there, but a lot inside is burried under metres of sand. There are some huge halls, of which only the top sticks out even though they must be at least 10 metres high. When you go to Resafe, you
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