men in suits

I forgot to mention.

The ministry of the Interior in Damascus where we had to get our pass to visit the Golan Heights isin the embassy area, or at least one of them. To get to the place we cruised by the Dutch embassy, the Danish (or what's left of it was just ont he next road) and tehn best of all teh US embassy which was facing the Chinese and Iraqis. Heh.

There were two types of people hanging out in this area. The first type were miltary types. Machine guns and ammo pouches around there tummies, but no uniforms. There are lots of uniformed military types in Syria but wherever shit could get real (embassies, Golan Heights, etc). They get to wear jeans and a t-shirt, or a collared shirt, really it seems as long as they're presetable they're acceptable.

The other type of people hanging out in the area are gentlemen in suits. No weapons apparent, just them in their suits and sunglasses. Hanging out, looking around...maybe I can take a quick picture? Don't worry I didn't bother trying.