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w with fish, bucket, bucket, candy cane

April 11, 2009 scott and becky Leave a comment

47 km, 3 hours, Max temp 42 ¾Ñ§§Ò aka Phang-nga (if you are seeing gibberish, it may be that you…

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Posted in: Journal, Malaysia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Syria, Thailand, Visited Places

Busing in Syria

January 22, 2009 scott and becky 1 Comment

Taking a long-distance bus in Turkey is a very civilized experience. Buses in Syria are less refined, but much more…

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Posted in: Journal, Syria, Turkey, Visited Places

The desert oasis of Palmyra

January 19, 2009 scott and becky 1 Comment

The bus out to Palmyra proved to be another opportunity for cultural exchange. We arrived at the North bus terminal…

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Posted in: Journal, Syria, Visited Places

Wandering about Damascus

January 17, 2009 scott and becky 1 Comment

We really like Damascus. Becky thinks that our image of a place is certainly nicer when the sun is shining.…

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Posted in: Journal, Syria, Visited Places

Christmas in Damascus

January 16, 2009 scott and becky Leave a comment

We took the early morning bus from Amman to Damascus, and arrived at 10:30 am tired. Unfortunately, Becky wasn’t thinking…

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Posted in: Journal, Syria, Visited Places

Making Plans

December 27, 2008 scott and becky Leave a comment

10 km, delivering the bikes to Fadi’s workshop. We have decided to leave the bikes and a bunch of our…

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Posted in: Journal, Syria, Visited Places

Church of Saint Simeon

December 26, 2008 scott and becky Leave a comment

When we first arrived in Aleppo, Fadi had offered to take us out to see Saint Simeon, a church about…

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Posted in: Journal, Syria, Visited Places

Christmas in Syria

December 25, 2008 scott Leave a comment

I attended midnight mass on Christmas Eve with Fadi, Ghina and family at the Greek Orthodox church. It was both…

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Posted in: Journal, Syria, Visited Places

The Citadel and Christmas Eve celebrations

December 24, 2008 scott and becky Leave a comment

We awoke bright and early (OK, Scott woke Becky up at 9 am), to sun shine – although the sky…

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Posted in: Journal, Syria, Visited Places

Culturally Christian

December 23, 2008 becky 2 Comments

Last spring, we took a course on world religions. In that course, we were introduced to the idea that as…

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Posted in: Journal, Syria, Visited Places

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