Another 2 hour drive through the desert this time with signs leading to Iraq and Baghdad we arrived in Damascus. Damascus is a very large busy city split between the old town and the modern town which is largely bereft of beauty and short on sights. We drove round and round the modern city looking for somewhere to stay with parking and as usual it was only the large 5 star places which had car parks and after calling at 4 even those were all fully booked. Eventua...

The drive to Palmyra takes about 2 hours through the desert but as the truck and camper were desperate for washing we spotted a car wash going through the town of Homs and had the whole thing washed inside and out and vacumed inside and leathered off. It took them 45 minutes and cost £1.50 whilst we spent the time sitting chatting (this is definately a pass time in Syria) with the local lawyer and cosmetic surgeon. The cosmetic surgeon gave us his card and I...

We left Alleppo the following morning after I had my haircut and Peter went in search if antibiotics again, this time for a skin infection. Two items were only GBP1.50! someone is making a lot of money on medicines in our country. We were getting low on diesel and although finding our way out of the city was easier than getting in we couldn't find diesel as not every garage sells it. We called at a small repair shop and the man could speak slight English but as ...

We drove to the border wheretherewere hundreds of trucks lined up waiting to cross with the squatting at the side of the road drinking tea. We had to show our passports twice before we even got to the Turkish control where we had a problem, we got into Turkey o.k. but couldn't get out!! We sat in an office at the border for one and a half hours as it turns out that the guy that completed the details for the entry of our vehicle when we came into the country did ...

We drove to the border wheretherewere hundreds of trucks lined up waiting to cross with the squatting at the side of the road drinking tea. We had to show our passports twice before we even got to the Turkish control where we had a problem, we got into Turkey o.k. but couldn't get out!! We sat in an office at the border for one and a half hours as it turns out that the guy that completed the details for the entry of our vehicle when we came into the country did ...