Inside The Bedouin Tent
A placeholder & links covering the whole journey can be found through the link here and below:
Geddo [I] was pretty poorly (marid [bedevilled]). Set off early – tea and cake in cafe (tea deliberately [strongly] made to make Ged throw up.
Abdel sure knew what he was doing to make my indisposition short, far from sweet but also far from debilitating. My guess is that I got my upset stomach the day before, not from eating at Abdel’s house, but from foolishly munching at nuts before washing my hands after buying them for cash in the Aleppo souk.
Anyway…
Then [we] made friends with potato people at Al Habett and with bread makers at Kefram Bouda.
Then saw ruins at Apamea – splendid.
Then visited Abdel’s friends in Shezar.
Then long drive to Palmyra– Hama, Homs, countryside and then desert. Visited Bedouin family 40km west of Palmyra…
…before arriving at Palmyra at dusk. Early supper in hotel and early night.
A truly memorable and enjoyable day, despite the fact that I was feeling wobbly throughout and that long journey days are not normally the most memorable/enjoyable.
All the photos from the Syrian leg of our journey can be found here or below:
