Land of the good toılet stops - Turkey!

Once again another real quick update – there just aren't enough hours in the day! I'm having sooooo much fun though & are still loving the middle east. I honestly can't remember the last time I updated & don't have time to go through everything but the following are the highlights, I did write a post on Lebanon though so that gives a bit of detail. Oh, I brought a laptop in Syria! Yep so even with the technology I'm not having enough time to write…

I think did a quick update when I was in Jordan ın Ammarn… so I'll take it form there.

Sat 28/08 – Ammarn. I brought the most expensive bikini that I've ever brought! For those of you who know me I'm pretty budget so spending $120au was a bit of a laugh, but what do you do when you can't find bikinis anywhere & it least it's good quality, Quick Silver. We had a pretty big night out to farewell Aaron & Kaz at a Irish pub there (like I said Irish pubs are everywhere!).

Sun 29/08 – We met Kim & Tracey who joined the tour & headed for Damascus, stopped at the roman ruins at Jearsh. Then drove to the Syrian boarder. We pretty much spent most of the day on the truck. That night Kim & Tracey wanted to go out, Syria is supposed to be 'dry but we found a hotel just down the road form the campsite that had a bar & they were playing really good music. We all got very drunk & ended up dancing on the bar, which the bar tender set alight, it was a fantastic night!

Mon 30/08 – I think pretty shattered would describe this day. We got to bed well after 4am, closer to 5 I think then had to get up at 8… it was a hard day. We wondered round the souks of Damascus & went to one of the most famous mouscus there. Ummm, quiet night J

Tue 31/8 – Went to Lebanon (read Lebanon post if you're interested)

Wed 1/09 – Huge day. Left Damascus & went to the ruins at Palmyra which were pretty cool, had lunch there then drove to Krac de Cheverlay, a huge castle which was awesome!!!! I've never seen anything like it & we had so much fun! Kim & I were racing round playing tag & getting told off by the guide. It's an amazing place, oh, & they really had a thing for pouring boiling oil on their enemies.

That's all I've got time for now… will try again in a few day…

I'm in turkey now & are having a fab time.

I am getting tired though. I think traveling for over 5 months in developing countries has really taken it out of me. Since we arrived in turkey I've been laughing at myself, when ‏‏‏‏we go past a petrol station & I go WOW – because they look like the ones we ‎have at home, same thing with the shops. More often than not we even have western toilets that SUPPLY toilet paper! & that actually get CLEANED! I don't think we've done one bush stop since we've arrived in Turkey!‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ It scares me that this is exciting :o) I've decided not to travel in Spain & France for another 4-6 weeks… I just don't think I have it in me at the moment. I need to stay put somewhere for a bit. I've changed my flights so I'm going to have 2 weeks in Turkey to chill out after the tour finishes (its soooo beauti‏‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ful here!) before flying straight to London.

Kas – Turkey, Wednesday 8th September 2004,