STEPS IN SYRIA. 2006

Lost in theworld there is crumbling, but finally we recognize and find yourself.. like a turtle who travels with his house or as a parable of Borges: a man himself the task of drawing the world. Spending the years,peoples a space with images of provinces, Kingdoms, di montagne, of ships of islands, of fish, of dwellings, tools and the stars, of animals and people. Shortly before his death , discovers that the patient labyrinth of lines traces the image of his face

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1. Syria

2.Crono 23

3. Map 23 ^ Stage

4. BELEN Caserma.

5. and in addition to the usual attack ... back on treason

6. You guys go ahead ... I have to laugh .. only after several minutes can convince the dog

7. you re ... salt in the sun. Says it's best to cover the logic .. the locals and sunburn ..

8. then you re-falls in the fields of wheat, only crop that does not require so much water

9. the bread you do it again at home.. kindly offer me here, EW si Mangia

10. 2 poi a Muratpasa …si beve pure …In verità fingo, x is not a lack of confidence, but just a little x incur as a disappointment

11. Christ Stopped at Akipnar

12. Signs advertising style Italian 50 years'

13. hard life for truckers

14Hours of waiting at customs ... Syrian

15. Usual ritual of "purification" this time without doccia.Gentili the military customs

16. Turkish-Syrian border

17. Welcome to Syria !!! But ..

18. once crossed the border, under a scorching sun ... x number of miles will not find a soul.

19. then finally a square

20. .. one locanda ...

21. and ... finally ... mangio

22. meeting the first villages and the first slowly revives everything ... including moral

23. people greeted me pleasantly surprised

24While the children run after me ... encouraging me

25. . Intravedo tra and works, low, bent and sore trees, people crowded, make grilling and smoking lghilè only under the scorching absurd

26. I remember that it's Friday exi Muslim day of celebration and tell me how to make Westerners seen on TV : the picnic

27 . without words

Come to Aleppo , dead tired I no longer have the strength, nor the inclination to search for a cheap hotel. I'm going to end up in a hotel so expensive and not at all in accordance with, placed on the 5th floor right under the noisy 6th floor to the kitchen (?) Yet another bump in the night for the deafening noise, go down to the lobby and say ... speak poor English, but does not make them stupid ... payment 90 dollars (undisputed and unbeatable record in my journey ...) for a few hours of sleep and you give me a room like this ??? They apologize and finally .. night falls and a pious veil ...

28. history 24 ^ Stage

29. Map 24 ^ Tappa Aleppo, Hama

30..Fortunately, after we leave for several kilometers I find a "roadside".. I have breakfast

31. practically here in Syria there is only one road (highway) "Very much" that connects the few major cities .

32. Often you see coming vehicles in the opposite direction to your gear

33. Some vehicles even border on the head, with pending charges often excessive

34... Loads.. that sometimes you lose

35. some normal fault .... while you are sleeping waiting for the "relief" (?)

36. also happens that someone remains on foot while.. Let someone else there ... the skin

37. luckily each ... sigh!!… every 70/80 km (?) find a motorway

38..more or less modern.. and maybe you have to jump the railing x 'is on the opposite side of the road

39 Fortunately in compensation for the Syrians are mostly hospitable people

40Nice and friendly ...

41. Hama

42. A friendly and hospitable Syrian acts as my cicerone

43. HAMA and its famous sprockets

44. With the equivalent of 4 Euro, Here I find a stunning hotel

45. even with terrace for drying clothes

46 . find out from the top, however, that in these Arab cities.. do not always have the best view

47. Chrono 25th Stage

48. Mappa 25^ Tappa Hama-Homs

49. Modern bridge on the road to Homs

50. to his side settlement of shepherds

51. Hotels in Homs .. more laundry .... shortly after my arrival the hotel will be surrounded by a dozen armed people ...

52. Tappa breve,otherwise you will not need to find accommodation on the route.. I take this opportunity to sightsee

53. I play a lot praticat

54. L’uomo bar

55. everyone does his job ...

56. The blacksmith

57. Trades carried out in the city center

58. Hence the competition does not exist,

59. rather, who does the same job is usually grouped

60 . The same professions are lumped together in the specific district

61. In this hectic busyness ... A meeting only idle

62. I decide to help him ...

63. Chrono 26 ^ Tappa

64. map 26 ^ Tappa

65. Strada x Damascus, I think of the poor for more than Saul ... 100 I only desert km

66. then finally a motorway .. but ...

67 without words

68. Horse and donkey together

69. A hotel is complete but gives me a porter x lead me to another accommodation .. this is also hospitality

70. DAMASCUS from my hotel .. veiled mysterious and intriguing.. unfortunately chaotic well 4 I see accidents in one h

71. Old town , at S. Rita witness to a solemn Mass with Arabic songs = superlatives

72 In the church of S Rita encounter a Sister Missionary Lebanese

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Single point of refreshment between Homs and Damascus (170km).A young man by Gawker claims 10 dollars after using the toilet ( trust me ... you can not call it otherwise) used just to piss. You can not resist a pretend authorities take off my card and handed it to any monster saying: you know who you're dealing ?? Do you want a report to the local police? Si spaventa mi rincorre, handing me free water and toilet paper , but I refuse to thank and salute .... I admit I'm a cheapskate but if the money its own gift them, I claim not and will not offer some of the bullies ... idiots

1. SYRIA

2. History 23 th stage

3. Mappa Iskenderun-Aleppo Iskenderun-Belen-Kirikhan-Muratpasa-Akipnar-piper-Cilvegoz-Azganilik-Aleppo

24° Sabato 20 Maggiola highway road indeed is always the, 3 lanes for running I have to stay on that emergency but I often find myself trafficalo the "local motion (many) and tractors and carts in the opposite direction that prevent me from passing. In the few that there are refreshments( there may also be more than 50 km between one and the other) Arabs often stare me like I was an astronaut Hama is a beautiful town . I do the laundry and then the tourists visit the old town and the museum very interesting

25° Domenica 21 MaggioTappa short because otherwise I can not find the hotels on the path . I try to get close as possible to Damascus, pedal with ease to rest the legs. Soon as I see in Homs Hotel in a dozen soldiers in civilian clothes armed to the teeth, check my passport (?) I kindly tell me explanations Noproblem

26°Lunedì 22 Maggio170 km with only 2 dining on the path through the desert hot hot hot . I stop in a tent of nomadic herders over an hour I do not go lasciavno most beautiful but mipiange the heart to know that I'll have to ride any more time in the sun at peak ... In the evening in Old Damascus S Mass (by S Rita patrona) in Arabic songs with superlatives

 

STAGE 24 Aleppo-Hama

STAGE 25 Hama-Homs

STAGE 26 Homs-Damascus