In October was I lucky to get granted a proper 10-day tourist visa after almost 10 weeks of waiting for the paperwork.
I was completely free to walk around the cities on my own. During my visit did I visit Damascus – Aleppo – Homs with the countryside and Tartous and the coast.
Yes, there´s destructions in Syria but A LOT less than excepted. I was even granted full access to inside Aleppo Citadel. Supermarkets are just as well stocked as in the west and people go partying in bars in the weekend.
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Umayyad Mosque, the 4th holiest place in Islam
Aleppo Citadel
Traditional moutain village
Local resturant in Damascus
From inside the main market in Damascus
A Tamer Hidi (juice) salesman at the streets of Damascus in Syria
locals on the street in Damascus
Locals partying in Damascus
Milkman on streets in Damascus
Art galleries are open all over Aleppo
rak des Chevaliers is a Crusader castle in Syria and one of the most important preserved medieval castles in the world it dates back to 1142
Supermarkets are well stocked like this
European cheese in the supermarkets
Aleppo Citadel
From inside Aleppo Citadel
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Me from the top of Aleppo Citadel
A beautiful girl looking at her friend taking wedding photos
Locals on the streets
Solider giving me flowers
locals enjoying a local concert
Rebuilding have begun
From the old souq in Aleppo
Kids in east Aleppo
People are rebuilding their shops in Aleppo
A christian wedding in Damascus
Cleaning up have begun
Ruins
Alcohol shops are everywhere
Remains of parts of the city
The reimans of the market in aleppo
Aleppo Trainstation
Local men
Kids
Shops are soon ready to open in the old Aleppo market
Crowds
Ruins
Not every solider are men
