Damascus!
May 2nd 2010 Damascus! At last!
I took the mountain and rural roads through al Ghab to get to Hama and on to Damascus, a route I highly recommend (goint to Latakia and onto the highway is faster, but the mountains are great). Found my hotel without too much trouble, hauled my bike into the hall of the hotel and went out into the city a straight away.
It takes some getting used to after the relaxed pace of Al
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