Bosra

Syria - Bosra & Jerash - Day 21

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October 4th 2007
Leaving Damascus was no problem and we managed to get all the fuel we needed by queue barging at a filling station where there were several lorries waiting. The buses seemed to have priority, even over us! They swept in and took on 200 litres at a time and the attendants filled us up between the busses. Poor lorry drivers had to wait. What a shambolic way to fuel a road transport system ... read more

Middle East » Syria » South » Bosra

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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