Great Syria and surroundings - Middle East Pics Thread 2. Starting with Lebanon

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another side of it

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yet another; this step=like thing on the right is where the water ran once, allegedly

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sun going down on one of the bays of laky river

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as I've mentioned btw of Birecik, the water in Euphratus at this point is very clean. Swimming is quite pleasant.

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a general view of the castle

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I really liked that little penisula, so i went on the hill opposing it

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the castle is nicely illuminated by night

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I wanted to come back to Aleppo, but as the door-keeper proposed us to spent a night at his, my friend accepted is. i didn't dare to oppose to heavily, as due to me we've stepped down a proposition from a very nice local peasant. I didn't like this guy from the start, but I never trust people.
Yet, this guy, Abd, was worth nothing. He didn't really seem interested in discussion with us, attempted to make us buy some punny stuff made by his mother and claimed that tourists from all over the world are buying it. We got dirty blankets on the floor outside, with all kind of bugs and animals (frogs , but also cats, dogs, donkeys, sheep, cows, lizzards, snakes) going around us. We couldn't sleep anyway due to hard and love love-making of some of his relatives or himself. The woman was very loud.

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here's a frog that came next to my "bed"
In the morning, we decided to give him some money, though we were invited, so we should not pay anything. We were buying stuff at his shop anyway, and the prices were high.
Yet, he demanded money himself, which was another (after the stuff of his mother and allusions we should buy them) faux pas of his.
Yet, though we've given him more than we'd give for a place on the roof in a hotel, he said it's little. Then I've said it's more than enough, for we were his guests and You don't usually demand money from guests, so he shut up.

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morning

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some people (women...) sleep outside, but - unlike us - in a way that assures no snake will get them.

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I like sentimental water+sun pics

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cementary, the mosque and whatever (another mosque? a madrasa?)

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yet another view of the castle

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entrance to the grand mosque of Aleppo