Photos from Syria
I visited Syria as part of a one week Lebanon-Syria holiday in November 2005. I spent the first day wandering around the ancient Damascus "old town", and the next two days out in the desert, in Palmyra, about 60 miles from the Iraq border.
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Souq, Damascus
Old Town
Minaret of the
Umayyad Mosque,
Damascus
Other side of the
outside of
Umayyad Mosque
Courtyard of
Umayyad Mosque...
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Prayer area of
Umayyad Mosque
Old town
Old town souqs
Magic bus
Narrow Damascene
streets
Really nice relaxing
coffee shop
The tomb of
Saladin
The right one is the
sarcophagus of
Saladin
Old town souqs
Azem Palace...
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George Dabdoub
The Biblical
"Straight Street"
(Medhat Pasha)
Selling spices.
Or something.
Syrian flag
Dear leader.
Welcome in
Palmyra,
bride of the desert
The lovely "Ishtar
Hotel" where I spent
my two nights in
Palmyra
Ishtar Hotel
Following are loads
of pictures of the
Palmyra ruins, some
with the Arabic Castle
in the background...
Palmyrian tombs
Souvenir sellers
Palmyrian tombs
Palmyrian tombs
Palmyrian tombThe rest of the pictures, below, were taken with disposable cameras after my digital ran out of juice.
Yes, I'll remember to bring the battery charger next time.
The street of the
Ishtar Hotel
Out across the
desert, from the
Arabic Castle...
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The Arabic Castle...
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The children in the
back streets of
Palmyra were a real
treat.
Back streets.
Nicer than it looks.
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