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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Sheikh Suleiman ruins in a cloudy-rainy day

In one of stormy days of May, I took my parents to a trip (arabic = shmm hawa), and it was unfortunately for them.. rainy, fortunately for me to be in such a climate at ruins. So I took this pictures for you :)

Old church

Old church

Coastal line streets

A pink one Waves in Mediterranean sea Highlands A coastal home Sands wet The coastal street in Um Tuyur Sunset at Um Tuyur village Oven tannour تنور The red thing Looking from sea inwards Sunset on Mediterranean sea Highlands and fog Mountains near sea North-west Syrian coast Syria coastal regions Alghab plains in Syria

Monday, May 12, 2008

Der Sharqi and Syrian fields of gold

Here rests the king (khalifeh) Omar ibn Abdul-Aziz, the Omayyad king.

Der Sharqi

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The Syrian gold is...

Fields of gold

A pathway in fields Rural road Aleppo-Damascus highway Syria Countryside Syria - hallmark Syria - hallmark Rural scene

Mjlia site of Byzantine era ruins

Mjlia is found on the southern massif of limestone, which is famous for its Byzantine era ruins. The area is near to Sarjella, Bara, Dalloza and Shinsharah places, already posted here.

All these places are called Dead Cities, they come from 300-600 times structures.

Mjlia location of byzantine ruins

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Mjlia location

Monday, April 21, 2008

Tartous And Arwad

Castle of Arwad island, which has long known history still from ages before our calendar (B.C.). For full details wikipedia link is useful.

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Here are pictures from the island:

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It was holiday, and people from around Syria had come to Tartous:
Theme: Syrians.

Arwad island port. Tartous Standing at the front of the boat during the Arwad island way is A LOT OF FUN Syrian young Standing at the front of the boat during the Arwad island way is A LOT OF FUN People in holiday Arwad island port. Tartous Arwad island جزيرة ارواد Tartous, Arwad Island port People embarking boats

Now let's sail in the waters of Mediterranean sea:

Tartous, Mediterranean waters

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The small port of Arwad taking boats:

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Chastel Blanc برج صافيتا

The second floor of the tower

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safita

From the tower of Safita - general view to the town The second floor of the tower The second floor of the tower Possibly school trip Young guys on tour to the tower Tower of Safita town Cobblestoned ways of the tower The old ways The old cobblestone road of the tower The road going up to the tower of Safita The second floor of the tower From the tower of Safita

From the tower of Safita