Battlements

Day 5 - Crak Des Chevaliers

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September 18th 2008
I had another dreadful nights sleep about one hour in total so I was up and ready early for my trip To Crak des Chevaliers. I had paid 1800 Syrian pounds (around 20 English) for a taxi to Crak, after which I was to be taken to Homs to then gat a bus to Palmyra, by doing it this way I didn't have to stay in the Riad another night - result. Crak Des Chavaliers is a very well preserved crusader ... read more

Middle East » Syria » West » Krak des Chevaliers

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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