Monthly Archives: February 2009

Jordan, The Dead Sea and The King’s Highway

By Tom | Published: February 15, 2009
From the Syr­ian oasis set­tle­ment of Palmyra (known loc­ally as Tad­mur) I faced 260km of empty desert to Dam­as­cus. Res­ist­ing the tempta­tion to turn left for Bagh­dad, I ped­alled furi­ously for two days, with only a couple of French motor­bike tour­ists break­ing the mono­tony, and arrived in the out­skirts of Dam­as­cus early in the morn­ing [...]
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Across The Desert To Palmyra

By Tom | Published: February 4, 2009
I’ve spent sev­eral days strug­gling south­wards through Syria on the high­way near the coast. I had picked up a cold and fever, and the con­stant head­wind and per­sist­ent rain were mak­ing rid­ing a real chore. Add to that the fact that my legs are still get­ting used to their new exer­cise regime, and it is [...]
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