[CRAZY JOURNEY] DAY 152 - LATTAKIA TO DAMASCUS
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Dave and Fintan at the Umayyad Mosque
Walking around for a few hours in the lovely port town of Lattakia, we stocked up on a fresh supply of pirate DVDs for the car and got moving towards Damascus. Syria’s capital is the oldest continuously inhabited city on Earth and it’s extraordinary Old City district is testament to this. We explored both it’s vibrant Souq as well as the intricately decorated Umayyad Mosque.
Rhys samples some Damascan Shisha
The Souq had a massive collection of Shisha shops and we decided to get a few for ourselves and as presents for mates. As we’ve come to learn over the past few months, you need to use your bargaining skills to get the best deals in Middle Eastern Souqs. After half an hours mad bargaining, we left with 6 shisha boxes and no idea where to fit them in the already jammed packed Hummer.
The lads at the Shisha shop!
We ended up staying the night in this charming old city and plan to leave first thing to travel into Jordan.
DAY 152 ROUTEMAP
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