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Palmyra and Mohammed, the “Mountain of Mirth”

Monday, July 10th, 2006

Palmyra Palmyra 

We visited the ancient city of Palmyra, which used to be a commercial center in Syria hundreds of years ago, a place where travelers and traders who were crossing the desert would stop to rest their weary feet and trade and sell their goods. For us, it was truly an oasis in the middle of the desert with the best milkshakes in Middle East and home to one of the craziest characters we’ve met on our trip thus far.

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