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

[Heresson]

The magnificent entrance to Shayzar castle, a place of a historian Usamah bn Munkiz, and a damned thing that stopped John (Komnen) the Good's conquest of Syria

[Heresson]

there are a lot of sheep in these countries

[germanos]

Originally posted by Heresson
Like: why America invaded Iraq?
Because global water level rises and ocean is going to caver America. Therefore, it decided to find new lands to settle on. That's also why it has to kill the current population of it...

Will you leave Syria soon?

[Heresson]

Shayzar catle has a magnificent location.
it lies on a high hill/little mountain that separates thinly completely flat lowlands from Orontes river; behind Orontes, there are hills.

[Heresson]

Shayzar castle and Orontes valley behind it

[Heresson]

Originally posted by germanos





Will you leave Syria soon?

In 22 days. But I'm having difficulties with my ticket, so God knows, really.

Another ma'had story was that the explosions in Iraq are really made by the British and Americans desguised as muslims, to portrait islam as a religion of terror.
After all, as one teacher said, fight against islam is the main goal of America.

Orontes valley was a land of dragonflies of many kinds... and of frogs! hundreds of them! great! they were shy at the beginning, but got to know me. This one let me get very close. I do not have big zoom.

[Heresson]

I've made like 50 pics of frogs there.

[Heresson]

very strange Shmaymis catle, with a history of habitation dating to bronze age or something

[Heresson]

lovely fields around

[Heresson]

Shmaymis once again

[Heresson]

A cool mace-like rock...
And it shows how high the castle is located.

[Heresson]

beehive houses in Sarug.
many more in central Syrian villages, and also in Harran,
and according to the guide also in Apulia in Italy.

[Heresson]

a byzantine church and palace in Qasr Ibn Wardan

[Heresson]

This is a picture from the church. Both it and the palace were closed, but I've went around it and found one of the windows partially opened. i climbed to it and entered the palace, but it was nothing really special inside. I've had small problems getting out of a village around later on, the minibus driver tried to convince me no-one else is going to come to the bus to go to Hamah, but I was patient and after all a couple of people (2 and a child), and, more importantly, a few soldiers came in.
The driver was mad that he made no great deal.
he tried to con me earlier on, when he claimed that he waited too much for me in Qasr bn Wardan, but I proved him wrong for my pics are are accompanied with time taken and I knew exactly how much time I've spent there.

[Heresson]

Hamah' nurias again