I have never been to Syria, but I heard many tales from Syrians and friends who went there. I compiled this imagined list of fun things for foreigners. Feel free to add to it:
1-Eating incredible Syrian food
2-Enjoying Syrian sweets
3-Admiring pretty Syrian girls
4-Traveling/seeing/exploring different parts of Syria
5-Swimming in the Mediterranean
6-Being with the Syrian people and being overwhelmed by their hospitality
7-Visiting one of the hundreds of historical sites scattered around the country
8-Escaping to the breathtaking scenes of the coastal mountains
9-Experiencing the culture of Syria – a concert, play, movie, or just a simple sitcom
10-Appreciating the diversity of the Syrians, Muslim, Christian, Druze, Alawi…
11-It’s a living time machine, visit the national museum
12-Drink fresh pomegranate at Ummayad mosque
13-Eat at one of the many restaurants in the old city of Damascus
14-Kabas in Aleppo
15-Badrusia beach
16-Palmyra
17-Eat a meal on Jabal Qassion overlooking Damascus
18-Get an Isameili to tell you his views of Salahedeen
19-Go to a Christian saint holiday in Maaloula
20-Visit crusader castles
21-Appreciate the Syrians’ sense of humor
22-Explain to someone that you cannot marry them or get them a visa to your home country.
23-Watching “bab el hara” in Ramadan
24-Not so much fun, talking about Lebanon’s sovereignty.
[Tarboush Tip: Zach, Sterling]
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22-Explain to someone that you cannot marry them or get them a visa to your home country. Love it!
Posted by Sasa | May 26, 2009, 2:11 pmu wanna fight cuz
Posted by cnbfxgm | March 16, 2011, 1:52 amHow about visiting Sitt Zeinab? No love for the Shi'a…
Posted by Jaxon | May 26, 2009, 2:42 pm#22 is applicable to all countries. I think my worse experience was in Egypt
Posted by Lena | May 26, 2009, 4:53 pmI had some food in a "Syrian" restaurant in Cleethorpes once. Or was it "Lebanese" ? Dunno. Been everywhere me.
Posted by xoggoth | May 26, 2009, 6:00 pmBab al-Hara! HAhahahaha..I hear about that show endlessly..
Posted by SanaKF | May 26, 2009, 6:19 pmmy family watches in Ramdan every year!!! I stopped being able to understand the whole point
Posted by YARA | June 28, 2011, 2:19 pm25 – Have really bizarre conversations with cabbies 26 – Take a ride on one of the country's new trains 27 – Ask a Damascene what the best fruit salad place in town is (that one's for you, Sasa) 28 – Drink so much polo you turn green 29 – Convince tourists that yes, those are Palestinian flags hanging all over the place 30 – Search for the weirdest possible graffiti (see my next post
Posted by JillianKF | May 26, 2009, 8:36 pmI visited it. It was so crowded and people were stepping on me. A claustrophobic's nightmare, but pretty.
Posted by JillianKF | May 26, 2009, 10:08 pmi kept confusing the palestinian flag with the baath party flag! what is the difference actually? oh, and watching bab el-hara in ramadan is NOT fun. take this from me for a fact.
Posted by sunbula | May 27, 2009, 7:04 amAs it was explained to me, one hangs vertically, the other horizontally. I have no idea if that's true.
Posted by JillianKF | May 27, 2009, 6:54 pmabu shaker or abu abdo…which one?
Posted by sunbula | May 28, 2009, 10:49 amThanks guys for all the lovley coments about syria, I am syrian/British and i came back to live in Damascus, i Love it to be here in Syria, one thing you have not stated that it is safe and you may walk about at any time with being worried of getting roped
Posted by Mohamed | September 30, 2010, 1:11 amThat is if youre a boy!!!! I mean people in syria are total gaukers..I hate it here..Ive lived here sice i was six( im 14) your parents dont let you go anywhere
Posted by YARA | June 28, 2011, 2:21 pmdo u mean raped
Posted by Bubba Gump | September 21, 2011, 7:47 pm#22, hehehe.. i still get text from syria one year after i have visited asking me for visa application to my country. Syria .. ah i luv it.. go in September the best months to visit ever.. and stay in a decent hotel..never stay at a cheap hotel.. its full of gigantic size cockroaches.
Posted by Helen | October 7, 2011, 8:50 am