Aleppo Citadel

Note the Celtic hat!!!

Syria - Aleppo, Agatha Christie and the Baron Hotel

September 5th 2008
20 Aug - we're officially in the Middle East now, wow. Syria always seemed to me to be such a mystical, ancient and biblical place and relatively unvisited by western tourists...all of this appears to be true, although there are lots of Iraqi tourists here. We meet Hussain, our excellent tour guide for all of Syria. We'll be in the country for 5 days, so really looking forward to getting to know m ... read more

Middle East » Syria » North » Aleppo

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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Welcome to Darling's Travels: From Bellshill to Bangkok and Beyond :) 14 month round the world trip which, at the moment, will cover London to Aqaba overland, Morocco, Southern Africa, India, Thailand (bring on the cats and dogs!), Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Australia, New Zealand, San Francisco and Canada... phew. Will be updated on a regular (ish!) basis. Dec '08 update - some changes...I will now be spending Christmas in Goa / Kerala and New Year in Nepal. Cats & Dogs in Thailand was cancelled, instead I will be in Bangkok for two weeks then head to Phnom Penh in Cambodia on 1 Feb t... full info

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