Dad at the entry to the Krak

The Ade Syria Tour - Day 4 - Crak des Chevailiers & Tartus

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December 22nd 2008
Well this morning’s shower in Palmyra was very interesting. I couldn’t get the water to turn on first of all, and bearing in mind that this is meant to be a 5 star hotel one would expect that the water would turn on. Of course it is the low season and we were the only guests in the hotel so maybe they haven’t been keeping the maintenance up. When I finally managed to coax some water out of t ... read more

Middle East » Syria

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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