back in Hama

After Tartus we got a bus back to Hama http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hama to once again avail ourselves of the best hotel in Syria, needed as Mori had to spend a day working on her magazine article in comfortable surroundings. I made myself scarce by visiting a ruined castle with an English guy called Mike. Crumbling old ruin, out in the desert, spectacular. After we called in on a bedouin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedoin farmer, who gave us tea and showed us his pidgeons. Thats him, above, with the castle behind. (oh and I have one of those head scarves!)