Lebanon & Syria The End
Friday, 1 January 2010 It was difficult to wake to the day, the New Year with [...] conscious heavy pain in my heart. Starting a new year doesn't change anything. I have to live [...] until [...]. We came back to our hotel early last night. We started the New Year in our room. But I have to say that Syria and Damascus are very safe and its people are very hospitable and helpful. There is no crime such as theft or pick pocketing. People are still naive; their soul is pure and
Lebanon & Syria Part III
Sunday, 27 December 2009 Today was a very long and intense day. This is what happens when one tries to fit all Damascene history and monuments in one day. Of course it is impossible for me to write what the guide told us. I can only pass on my impressions about the city. Damascus is the oldest inhabited city in the world. It is a total chaos. There is always a smell of smoke and coal in the air. The smell got on our cloths and hair. Old Damascus is something in between Sultan
Lebanon & Syria Part II
Saturday, 26 December 2009
Today I am seeing Lebanon with a different pair of eyes. Firstly, today, the sky was filled with grey clouds. Then, I forgot to mention an observation F. made yesterday. It is almost impossible to see teenagers in Lebanon. But there is a baby boom. I guess that after the civil war ended and the country became safe, people started having babies again.
Today with our new driver Joseph and Hala we went up on the mountains and to the Bekaa Valley. W
