Archive for August, 2009
Postcript: blogging and Blogspot in Syria
Author: Another postscript to my posts of a couple of weeks ago on blogging and Blogspot in Syria (see my last post and the postscript before it): after uploading the posts below, I received loads of emails…
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Blogging and Blogspot in Syria
A number of people have contacted me via the comments to my post below and on Twitter in response to my appeal for advice after my blog was momentarily blocked in Syria. Shukran jazeelan to everyone…
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Access momentarily denied
My harmless little blog Cool Travel Guide has been blocked in Syria for a whole 24 hours – I was confronted with the dreaded “Access Denied” sign when I tried to update it yesterday. But, there’s…
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Aleppo’s labyrinthine souqs
Aleppo’s labyrinthine medieval souq – or rather souqs within a souq – has long been one of our favorites in the Middle East, mainly because it has remained relatively untouched by tourism up until…
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Aleppo and our room with a view
Aleppo is Syria’s most atmospheric city after Damascus and it’s our next favorite destination after the capital, the highlights for us being the medieval souq, the labyrinthine old quarters dotted…
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Abu Shady, the last of Syria’s traditional storytellers still tells his tales
One of our many reasons for coming to Syria this time was to interview Abu Shady, the last of the hakawati, or traditional storytellers. We last interviewed him almost two and half years ago when we…
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Syria’s Bewitching Boutique Hotels
Syria has long been home to some of the Middle East’s most bewitching boutique hotels (the only country that beats it in the beautiful hotel stakes is Morocco) so we’re delighting in one of our main…
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Damascus is Buzzing
The atmosphere in Damascus is electric now, and the streets of the Old City more alive than we’ve seen them before – and we’ve been regular visitors since 1998. Summer traditionally sees Syrian…
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Goodbye Dubai
We spent our last night in the UAE in Dubai – stuck in a traffic jam, checking into our fully booked hotel, shopping for last minute necessities at busy Dubai Mall – packed with shoppers laden with…
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