Syria and Jordan 2004/05 Wall

21. August 2015

There is a happy end

I managed to get on the plane after all (the representative of Turkish Airlines was a very nice guy) and paid quite a normal price too. First I was shocked…

21. August 2015

Coming back home

To understand the story I’m about to tell you and the graveness of the obstacles in my way properly you have to know that I was in a big hurry.…

21. August 2015

Long week

In the past week many things have piled up. Besides extensive diving I had another go at Wadi Rum and tried to get to the Saudi side at least for…

21. August 2015

Wadi Ram - escorted by Martin's Unimog

The red sand is sifting through the toes on my feet; I watch the black sky, sprinkled by stars, with the mountains in the middle of the desert, whose outlines…

21. August 2015

I have a boyfriend

Well, I finally know now how it feels for a girl to be stalked by a boy who won’t leave her alone, won't let her breathe, and is following her…

21. August 2015

Lamb

“Draw me a laaamb,” somebody said to me a couple of days ago. A fluffy, snow-white, innocent one, whose mummy washes him every morning, who skips around playfully with his…

21. August 2015

Christmas

It's been quite a long time since my last entry. It's hard to decide where to start and which of the adventures of the last couple of weeks to write…

21. August 2015

A massacre on the beach

Morning in a beach close to Aqaba. The sun came out and started peeking over the hills that seem to rise out of the sea and then extend further towards…

21. August 2015

EXODOS…

Before the border I stopped at the gas station and filled up everything I had. First in the place where everything is dirty on the floor and you have to…

21. August 2015

Let's talk about sex... And the cafeteria got empty in a second. Well, almost.

Shireen studies English literature. She's in the second year and her English is more or less at grammar school level. But she's a very nice young girl, wearing – would…

21. August 2015

Holidays

Today we finished the November-December course and I started putting my things together, because tomorrow or the day after I'm finally going to the coast to warm up my bones…

21. August 2015

Skiing in Lebanon

It's dark outside and we're climbing towards a ski centre at 2000 metres of altitude. The melody coming out from the throat of the Lebanese singer Majida Rumi is filling…

21. August 2015

This machine isn't meant for the city!

One of the advantages of the kickstand of the bike is that you're able to sunbathe - I've even fallen asleep on it - or you can watch the stars…

21. August 2015

Volunteers run

Friday morning we're supposed to run a mini marathon (4 km) to promote voluntarism in Syria (I imagine they don't know what that means here). Friday with Muslims is equal…

21. August 2015

No girls

Nothing new in Damascus today and yesterday, except for a horrifying traffic jam on the way home from the university. It's the first weekday so it took me more than…