Aleppo, and a fond farewell to Syria
September 6th 2008 School’s out, work has finished and we had a few days off before returning to the UK. It was the first day of Ramadan and we had been surprised to hear drums outside in the street at 3.30am. This is, apparently, to wake everyone up for an early breakfast before the fasting begins each day! Even so, we had managed to get back to sleep and still made it to the bus station in time for a 8.30 depart
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