"Great cities paint pictures. Cairo a pyramid, Shiraz a rose. Damascus conjures running water, a river out of Lebanon which carries down calcareous soil and smears it over the desert...giving birth to a miracle of trees."
Colin Thubron is my favourite British travel writer, and his Mirror to Damascus is a romantic look at the city written in the 60's, which, unfortunately, provides images and experiences that are all but impossible now given the fighting.
Ill be honest- i haven't really done so much in the last two weeks! The court is still stalled, which limits what can be done during the day, and i spent the last two weekends in Phnom Penh. So here is a small collection of photos.
Colin Thubron is my favourite British travel writer, and his Mirror to Damascus is a romantic look at the city written in the 60's, which, unfortunately, provides images and experiences that are all but impossible now given the fighting.
Ill be honest- i haven't really done so much in the last two weeks! The court is still stalled, which limits what can be done during the day, and i spent the last two weekends in Phnom Penh. So here is a small collection of photos.
(central market)
(Wat Phnom, from which the city gets its name)
(noodle lady)
(Top of the Wat)
(10th Anniversary for the King)
(Inside the central market)
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