Tartus and Latakia

15th June 2008

In Latakia I stayed for bout 2 days and I visit some places around this city.

25km above of Latakia cityanother viewI found it on my way ;-)

sunset Naamaan Islandthe Island

hosn Citadel was a nice and hug castle that I’ve seen in Syria. it’s between homs and tartus city. :-)

Hosn Castle:-):-)
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It was around 1:30 pm that I arrived in Tartus city, first I looked for a single bedroom in the cheap hotels but the had no vacancy at that time, then I decided to visit one of the castle called Hosn Castle about 50 kms one the way back to Damascus, I found someone who accept to take care of my bike till I go to the castle with a mini-bus and back ;-)

it was a nice castle but I had no time caz I arrived there at 5:30 pm and they told me that I have just 30 mints left to visit, I tried to take some photos instead.

:-)inside of the castle:-)
me

In the afternoon at 6:10 I left the castle at the gate I got friend with a couple from Germany, we talked about 10 mints and then I asked them if they are ready to get a share taxi to reach the main road and then everybody can go on his way, but as I was so luck they had their own car which have been rented in Damascus, they took me down and we exchanged our email address, after that I went on the main road for the mini-bus to get in Tartus city, after a few mints waiting a car with a young driver stopped to take me, I got in and he took me free to the restaurant where I left my bike there, he was a nice guy, he was employee for the navy in Tartus city.

ruins in Tartus:-):-)
I stayed for over night and the day after to guys helped me a lot and they parked my bike it their shop and showed me around the city and some ruins which was about 5 kms away from the town. I had a great time there, and then I left the city around 11:am in a same day to Latakia.

:-)on the coasta group of soldier on the way to Latakia on their duty ;-)

Latakya is a big city that is located on the Mediterranean sea coast, I stayed in a hotel for about 2 nights plus tonight it will be 3 ;-)

Yesterday I went to another castle called Salaheddin Castle about 30 kms away from the city on the top of a mountain in the eastern part of the city.
The castle is not so nice inside, the roads and the forest was the only things which was great for me to see, and the scenery of the castle from away.
I backed to the Latakia in the evening and I had some sightseeing in the town and shopping, I’ve bought some especial sweets from the shops that you can find it just in this city, it was really delicious,

;-)fishermanan old mosque in Jeble city

on the railway :-}

Tomorrow I will leave this city to Aleppo again and then back to Turkey.

Jun 17, 2008 | 4-Syria

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  1. Maria

    Hi…..

    again very nice shots, seems there are quite a lot of castels in Syria.. as soon as I saw the castels pictures i remembered Persepolic…

    go on to see more of the earth ;)

    Maria

    Jun 19, 2008 @ 10:10 am


  2. Wayne

    Keep it up Mohammad! You have had so many interesting experiences since you left us in Dubai. I am sure it has all been a life changing experience. I wish you lots of energy in those legs of yours!

    Wayne

    Jun 24, 2008 @ 12:38 pm


  3. Betty

    Hello Mohammad,

    checking once in a while on news from you. It was good to chat with you the last time. Wish things continue to go fine and curious from where you inform us next from;) as you get also into tense area soon.

    Jun 26, 2008 @ 3:04 am


  4. marc

    Hi Mohammed!

    Great to read your latest stories :-)

    Have fun in Tabriz! Ingrid and her family are just great!
    Please say hello to them from me! I am looking froward to your Tabriz update. Their garden is just lovely…

    Take care,
    Marc (Whisky)

    Jun 28, 2008 @ 2:17 am

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