Blogs from Bosra, South, Syria, Middle East

This is our last little syrian excursion, and also our last entry on Syria. Yesterday we were visiting the Krak de Chevaliers. We went back to Aleppo late afternnon, had a great dinner, and took the night train to Damascus. Here we are in Damascus, arrived a 6.30am, short taxi ride to the hotel for a good hot bath, and on to the bus station for a 2 hours bus ride to Bosra. Another cheap experience at less than 3usd a ticket...really no need to get a car here, the bus drop you at the site. Only problem, they seems to have buses only every 2 hours....good news, we only waited 20 minutes for ours. Bosra is seriously well known for his Roman theatre. After 106 AD, Bosra became the capital of the Roman Province of ... read more

Coming Soon! I haven't had time lately to properly write part 3 of the series. However, I will write this soon enough. For the meantime, I am going to release a handful of photos from part 3 for your viewing pleasure! ENJOY! All Pics Link: http://picasaweb.google.com/maikbyrne/Syria#... read more

Nachdem ich mir diese Nacht meine Matratze direkt unter den Deckenventilator gelegt hab, konnte ich erstmalig in Damaskus halbwegs gut schlafen, auch die viel zu kurze Matratze fiel nicht mehr auf, da meine Fuesse nun auf dem Boden liegen konnten und nicht gegen die Bettkante stießen. Somit konnten wir nach einem Durchfallfrühstück (Trockenbrot und Tee) uns auf den Weg nach Amman machen. Vorher galt es allerdings noch den Ausflug nach Bosra nachzuholen, da dies nur einen winzigen Umweg bedeutet und unbedingt gesehen werden musste. Als wir dort ankamen haben wir auch gleich das alt Roemische Theater gesehen, welches die Hauptattraktion der altroemischen Stadt darstellt. Step der zunächst noch meckerte, wegen der 10 Falafeln Eintritt, welche er ohne die ISIC bezahlen muss, war dann doch schnell ueberzeugt und sollte es nicht bereuen. Joschka erwaehnte noch, dass ... read more

We had a great day out in Bosra. The city is a couple of hours on the bus to the South of Damascus. It seemed that we had to travel halfway to Beirut just to get the bus though! When we arrived in Bosra we were unable to find any accommodation. There were 2 options: sleep on blankets on the floor in a big room behind the “1001 Nights” restaurant, or pay US$200 to stay in 5 star luxury. We took the third way - exploring the site and returning to Damascus! The restaurant allowed us to leave our now unneeded baggage with them and they even booked our bus ticket for us. Then they pointed us in the right direction and we went out to see the ruins in 40 degrees of midday heat! First ... read more