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Noria, Hama

Just the facts.

May 10th 2007
While the mercury’s been steadily climbing in Damascus - it’s a hazy 95 on the day I skip town - a heat wave is hardly the time to visit the desert. But it’s my grave misfortune that Palmyra - the legendary sandstone city and so-called “Bride of the Desert” - was plopped down about 100 miles from the ass-crack of Nowhere. It’s on the wrong side of 100 when my bus pulls into town; even ... read more
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Syrian Flag Following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire during World War I, Syria was administered by the French until independence in 1946. In the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Syria lost the Golan Heights to Israel. Syrian troops - stationed in Lebanon since 1976 in ... ... read more
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Christopher Vourlias
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Chris is an avid traveler and hypercaffeinated writer, criss-crossing the globe and occasionally remembering to call home. Follow me at postcardjunky.wordpress.com. UPDATE, 22 January 2010: For those of you - both of you? - who have been following this blog off and on (mostly off) for the past few years, it's time to officially put it on a permanent hiatus. As much as I love these nutty little essays about my time on the road, they're just a bit too time-consuming to keep up with, given the demands of my freelance work. So for now, my dear TravelBlog, it's time to say adieu, though ... full info
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