Two photo collections have been loaded same site here new, links address are: http://blog.itpub.net/album/217/63 and http://blog.itpub.net/album/217/73, the corresponding album names are 'Photos taken in and around Damascus' and 'Sydnaya and Malula'. All the photo collections at this site are under the link of http://blog.itpub.net/album/217/0.

Damascus is known as a famous city all over the world, it is old and dirty still, while I like this city, people here are very kind. It is still an unmodernized city, in where you could see people who is keeping their traditional religion and their habits. Most of citizens here are Muslim, only few of them are christian, lots of Mosques are distributed in the city, and all of them are in the same construction style and it seems orginaled from a single designing. I concerned the suburb more than the city center, I like the sunset of westen countryside of Damascus, It's so beatiful, amusing and calm.....

Sydnaya and Malula locate in the north east of Damascus, both of them are Christian town, there are no mosque, while two very old churchs stand on the two corresponding hills near to the town. It is forbidden to take photos in Malula's church, they are old and original church with a short singal door, you have to bend to come inside it. The churchs are made up of stone and only stones, in Malula town you can see many caves, which were the houses of the earliest residents, on the rocks and cliffy hills.

I have been there for several times with diffirent friends, and taken lots of photos, the photos below are not just from my taking but also from some of friends, those are not named starts with DSCN are from my friends or thiers camera.

3rd Sep., 2004

Photos taken in and around Damascus

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Sydnaya and Malula

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