We were casting around for a day trip to do from here, and not having much luck, when a New Brunswicker named Piere suggested a trip to the Golan Heights.
We figured out the buses got to the station, caught our connection, got to the town where you go on to the previously occupied area and...we needed some sort of pass from the ministry of the interior in Damascus. Oh crud.
At least we were using local buses and it wasn't too expensive. We know where we need to go to get the passes and the plan is to do tomorrow what we meant to do today. Should be a gas! And hopefully all our friends will be waiting to gouge us for a one hour tour. Heh.
We have decided not to bother with a day trip to Bosra (former capital of Rome's province here) and home of a gigantic amphitheatre. And also skip Palmyra, another Roman city, generally considered to be 'can't miss'. Why skip the two biggest Roman sites in Syria...just because. Bosra just kind of was put aside, maybe we would have gone down there if Golan wasn't happening. Palmyra just seems like a lot of effort to see another city. We've already seen a few and hiking our bags over there (on a bus of course) just doesn't seem terribly appealing).
So when we leave here, we'll be heading north to Hama and Crac de Chevaliers...now castles, I don't think I'll ever tire of them.
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