Syria, from October 11 until November 21 2002
Reeling minarets in Aleppo
Strange, they never did things like that
in Turkey. Peter looks again, real good now, but it's true: they really
reel from left to right. In addition, that nice Polish guy doesn't sit
still either. Were there two of them or only one....READ
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Encounters of the third kind
Father and mother Izdiin fill our panniers
with all kinds of nice and delicious things. Tears rolls over our cheeks
when we ride out of their street.....READ
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Fifty kilo's of pistachio-nuts for one hour
of sex
"No, we go away" Peter says.
When the man notices that Peter is dead serious his offer goes up even
more.....READ
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A painful operation in Homs
On the 29th of October, in the morning,
I'm brought into an operation-room for the first time since I was five
years old. Peter is not allowed to come along and stays back in the
empty room. He looks at the empty bed.....READ
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Two unintelligible cultures
He walks towards the driver, who hangs his arm outside his window. In
a flowing movement the officer's hand goes to the driver's hand and
then to his pocket.....READ
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Antique scenes in Tadmor
At the moment we pass the dogs their leader gives some kind of signal and suddenly the whole group starts running at us, growling and barking furiously, drool coming from
their ugly.....READ
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Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid ben Abdul Malek
"We can't use all these Syrian pounds, in a couple of days we'll be in Jordan . What can we do with our money?"
"Well, you can spend it, burn it or throw it away."
Now we're really upset. Stupid idiot!.....READ
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Sleeping in a temple and an amphitheatre
One hour later we're dozing off when a stone lands on the tent. We get a hell of a fright and sit startled upright in our bed. Moments later a small stone lands on the ground next to the tent!.....READ
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