Well all good things must come to a end and this trip finally finished a week ago in Te Aviv Israel. Having visited 14 country's in 3 months i cant really even attempted to explain the places i have been and people i have meet, its simply been an amazing experience that i will never forget.
Im sorry about the lack of photos last few weeks i have been without web access and have just recovered from a nasty dose of food posing, so will upload some more pics over the next few weeks plus some other interesting stuff, so its worth checking back in a week or two
Currently residing in the small town of Voss in Western Norway where i will be spending the summer.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Sunday, May 3, 2009
SYRIA
After crossing the boarder I soon found myself realizing that I had finally stepped into the 'real' Middle East. The streets were littered with rubbish, old battered yellow taxis filled the roads and Arab men smoked water pipes in cafes. Welcome to Syria.
Syria surprised me in so many ways it’s hard to write about it. The food was amazing, the people were some of the nicest I have met and then there was just the general buzz of being in such an interesting place.
Contrary to what the media might tell you not all Arabs won’t to blow themselves up and scream ‘death to America’ all day long. In fact most of the people I meet in Syria would happily go out of there way to help you out, I enjoyed countless tea drinking sessions and was even invited home for a few meals. While the hospitality was amazing the worldview of the people I talked to was a little twisted to say the least, even the young educated Syrians I meet believed in crazy conspires that even I found fare fetched, but then when you live under a dictatorship that controls the media and brainwashes the public with propaganda It must be very difficult to have an open mind.
I wish every one could visit this part of the world it’s simply amazing.
I’m in Beirut Lebanon now and will be here till the 6 the May.
Syria surprised me in so many ways it’s hard to write about it. The food was amazing, the people were some of the nicest I have met and then there was just the general buzz of being in such an interesting place.
Contrary to what the media might tell you not all Arabs won’t to blow themselves up and scream ‘death to America’ all day long. In fact most of the people I meet in Syria would happily go out of there way to help you out, I enjoyed countless tea drinking sessions and was even invited home for a few meals. While the hospitality was amazing the worldview of the people I talked to was a little twisted to say the least, even the young educated Syrians I meet believed in crazy conspires that even I found fare fetched, but then when you live under a dictatorship that controls the media and brainwashes the public with propaganda It must be very difficult to have an open mind.
I wish every one could visit this part of the world it’s simply amazing.
I’m in Beirut Lebanon now and will be here till the 6 the May.
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