Damascus! Day 1 - The Umayyad Mosque

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We're here, we're safe, some photos for you all!

Day 1 - Visiting the Umayyad Mosque, about a few yards of the Souq Hamadiye, walking back to the hostel, getting lost, and watching the twilight fall from our balcony.

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Photos

Inconspicuous
Not.

Tourists
Jordan enthuses about the souq behind her.

The "Putting on Special Clothes Room"
Where we pay 50SP to put on Jedi robes, in order to enter the mosque.

Jedi Warriors
Slash, wearing covering robes from the "Putting On Special Clothes Room"

Jedi Master
All outfitted in "special clothes".

Feet at the Umayyad Mosque
Jordan is possibly disrespectful

Girls Weekend goes to Damascus
Leah's toes in the Umayyad Mosque

Do We Dare?
... Touch the hot marble with bare feet?

... We dare.
The marble was really really hot!

Dork
Accidentally on the men's side of the prayer hall.

The Eagle Dome
In the centre of the prayer hall.

Comments

[miranda]

YAY!!!

[sam wilson]

Pictures look great!
Keep them coming!

[m-cas]

looking good ladies! pretty jealous. glad you got there safely! (see jorman, i am commenting)

[Kelly]

wonderful pictures...more, more

[Devon]

Wow!
Those are some fantastic pictures!

[nadine]

Kooka Koola!
been shouting that out loud for days.. pls send photo of Ali the cockroach.

[Brigid]

More pictures of gold

[Brigid]

gold!
MORE GOLD!