Greetings Apologies for the delay in blogging but we have had trouble finding a decent computer to use! The title to this entry comes from the lovely experience we had in Syria of every single person we met saying 'Welcome' to us. This is on the street, in shops, on buses, EVERYWHERE. We dont know if the government issues instructions for their people to say this to obvious foreigners or if it is spontaneous but whatever the reason it felt lovely and genuine and we really loved Syria. Our arrival however was a little inauspicous. We had arranged a private car for ten dinars (or twenty aussie dollars) each from Amman to Damascus, including the border crossing, through our hotel. Our car arrived for us and everything was rosy until we declined to change money with
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