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Published: January 12th 2011
It's 2011! Happy New Year!
Today we woke up early. I had arranged the day before for a taxi to take us to Krak des Chevaliers. Krak des Chevaliers is also known as Qala'at al-Hosn.
The place is THE best Crusader castle still standing today. It is a seriously impressive place and need few hours to enjoy. Slight problem, it is 250km from Aleppo, or 220km for Damascus. We decided to hit the place...
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liliram
liliram
First Time I heard of it,frankly
Thanks for this blog, Peter. I wouldn't have known about some Crusader castle in far away Syria if not for this blog. Honestly, I never heard of it. But I can imagine what great experience it has been for you, Mari and Leslie.....and oops, not to forget --- the lucky taxi driver too. That is funny. You made his day. A good deed at the start of the year. Great going!