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17 May 2010 tagged airport, bascarsija, beer, book, bosnia, breakfast, burek, bus station, catholic cathedral, cemetary, chess, chess set, christina, church, coffee, europe, guard of honour, hotel, ice cream, kosovo, latin bridge, luggage, martyr's cemetary, montenegro, mosque, motorbike, mountain road, museum, ouzo, park, parks, photo, pigeon square, podgorica, pristina, raki, sarajevo, siege, sleep, ticket, train, tram, travel, tunnel, zagreb with no comments
day 426 – we slept in and then walked to town for breakfast. we found a nice little outdoor cafe and bought some food. the guy at the next table, who already seemed drunk, bought us some raki (local ouzo) and beer … at 10.30am. after a few of those, we were tired and a [...]
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9 May 2010 tagged alak, allenby, amman, amman citadel, ampitheathre, basilica of agony, bethlehem, border, breakfast, bridge, bush, cemetary, checkpoint, chess, christina, church, church of the nativity, citadel, crucifix, dome of the rock, dominus flevit, domition church, easter, gardens, gesthemane, grotto, hill, hotel, interview, israel, jerash, jerusalem, jordan, king david's tomb, king hussein, last supper, luggage, lunch, manger, manger square, markets, mary magdeline, mount of olives, mt zion, old city, palestine, paranoid, passover, passport, petra, ramparts, roman, ruins, security, st mary's tomb, stamp, tower of david, travel, visa, wailing wall with no comments
day 391 – we had breakfast with mike, ed and rosa. afterwards, the three of them were planning to head south to petra. christina and i switched hotels and then went out to explore amman. the first stop was the roman ampitheatre. it was enormous and really cool. we walked around and took some photos [...]
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8 May 2010 tagged abbey, al-hosn, alak, alcohol, alwad island, amman, australia, beach, beer, breakfast, cafe, castle, chess, children, christian, church, citadel, damascus, driver, english, family, felafel, ferry, fosters, guitar, highway, homs, island, lattakia, minibus, mosque, muslim, old city, olive, olive farm, orthodox, ouzo, photo, policeman, rosa, ruins, sea, shwarma, st george's cathedral, st mary, sunset, syria, tartus, taxi, ticket, travel, walking tour, wine with no comments
day 386 – we liked lattakia, but kept moving and headed to another beachside town – tartus. when we arrived we immediately headed to the beach which was clear (no ships) and beautiful. the sea was blue and we walked along the foreshore. back in town, we were feeling hungry so decided to get some [...]