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Hama, Syria
Urfa is a city completely different from anything Ive experianced before. It really does feel a lot more like the middle east. No High rise buildings, no tourist rubbish. Just the real country, a really refreshing change. The tour leader is also a lot, lot better than the last and seems to be genuinely interested in the people in the tour group. He's made so much more effort than the last guy to explain to us the culture and the history of the city. One of the ma...