Summer!! Finally

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Simply having fun

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Life in Syria is neverending

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Mafi mushkila

The foreign affairs ministry of Lithuania recommends not to go to Syria (do you feel the difference between "recommend not to go" and "do not recommend to go" - this powerfull play of words...) Well.. Despite of this there were four (me, Romas, Kuras and Raimis) of us who visited Syria to try a different way of travelling. The minimal set of items for a person included:

• backpack for souvenir back home - total 1 (small)
• additional set of clothes (besides the one you're wearing on) - total 1
• toothbrush - total 1
• wallet with several currencies (Litas included as souvenirs for locals) - total 1
• passport - total 1
• photocamera - by accident it happened so that everybody took one - total 1

The advantages of this are:

• Leave the hotel and go
• Everything you have is always with you
• Don't worry be happy in case you loose it (but this didn't happen luckily)
• And the most important advantage is that you realise how little you need for a living!!!
  

Well, let's go straight to the results:

• Visited airports: Riga International, Istanbul Ataturk and Giazantep International - total 3
• Visited cities: Riga (Latvia), Istanbul (Turkey), Allepo, Palmyra, Tartus, Homs, Damascus (2 days) - total 7
• Visited ruins - Citadel of Allepo, Qal'a Sim'an, Al Bara, Serjilla, Qala‘at Ja‘abar, Rasafa, Qasr-al-Heir-al-Sharqi, Palmyra, Tartus, Arwin island fortress, Krak Des Chevaliers, National museum of Damascus - total 12
• Days spent on a trip - total 10
• Pictures taken - total 180 (plus almost more than a thousand pictures from the rest
  

Would you like to get more statistics? Well, the living is cheap, the prices are low (but you must bargain always and everywhere), people are friendly, weather is fine, and the company is sometimes hungry... I recommend you to go and see it with your eyes. All the stories are worth nothing until you experience them by yourself.