Our last day in Syria was a big one. Our original itinerary simply had us spending the morning in Damascus before crossing back into Lebanon, but I really wanted to visit Bosra, which is located about a 2 hours drive south-east of Damascus. Getting the permission to visit this site isn’t quite as straightforward as […]

From Aleppo we travelled south-west towards Tartus, a route that would inevitably take us through the city of Homs. I had asked Ghassan if we could just drive straight through Homs, because I knew how heavily it had been damaged during the war and ultimately, I didn’t come to Syria to tour destruction. Yes, I […]

We left off with our last Syria blog with me coming down with a rather nasty illness. I had messaged our guide Ghassan to ask if it was possible to stay an extra night in Damascus because I seriously did not feel up to the journey that we had in our planned itinerary. I felt […]

Travelling to Syria isn’t just something that you do on a whim – it requires planning, preparation and honestly, a lot of thinking regarding the risks that come with travelling to a country that is still in the midst of ongoing conflict, even if it is dissipating. Whenever I plan a trip to a destination […]