Souks

The road to Aleppo (sweating our asses off in Syria)

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May 23rd 2008
We caught a 5 PM bus from Antalya to Iskenderun, a Turkish city near the Syrian border. The bus ride was 12 hours long and winded its way through mountain roads now familiar to us (see "The longest Mile"). This time we had a better chance to see the precipice that the road teetered upon from the comfort of a luxury coach bus. Turkish buses have a cabin crew, 2 drivers and a steward who serves d ... read more

Middle East » Syria » North » Aleppo

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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