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Feb 21st 2008, 4:17 am

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Re: brill trip

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Did you pass by Souq Hamidiya???

na3m - including the obligatory ice cream at bakdash - and enjoying the daytime 'star scape' view through the iron roof courtesy of machine gun bullet holes

Feb 21st 2008, 6:33 am

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Google Socotra, its an unspoiled paradise.

Island off the coast of Yemen, only one flight a week there., have their own language (not arabic), two hotels i think, Plenty of fauna etc which only exists there...

Can't wait to go there

Just had a look see...not my cup of tea. I prefer somewhere green and jungly rather than dry and arid. Off to Malindi, East Kenya in a few weeks.

Feb 21st 2008, 8:20 am

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Bring your body armour and fire extinguisher.

I spend a month in Kenya a few years ago, lovely place. Shame about the politicians.

But Malindi is a beach town (very clean and pleasant mind)...so I don't imagine you'll be seeing much jungle

Feb 21st 2008, 11:05 am

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na3m - including the obligatory ice cream at bakdash - and enjoying the daytime 'star scape' view through the iron roof courtesy of machine gun bullet holes

I guess Damascus has changed quite since I last been there about 9 years ago...At the time, it was so 80s...
You also should've tried getting a nice plate of hummous in the back alleys...Authentic...

Feb 21st 2008, 12:51 pm

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I guess Damascus has changed quite since I last been there about 9 years ago...At the time, it was so 80s...
You also should've tried getting a nice plate of hummous in the back alleys...Authentic...

oh no in the back alleys i had a large bowl of fitteh min zayt