Eeery ruins at the end of the day

Hama to somewhere else

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January 22nd 2007
Our next date with the bikes was riding towards the northern syrian city of Allepo. We said our goodbyes to Hama (and the great Hotel AlRiad- cheap, clean, and great people working there) I said a special goodbye to the toilet and off we went. Of course we werent going to Allepo the direct way. We planned on checking out some more Roman ruins (horray) and some more ruins the origin of which I rea ... read more

Middle East » Syria » West » Hama

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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