Palmyra

From Hama we took the bus out to the desert to the amazing ruins in Palmyra http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmyra Wandered around there for a few days, being persued by camel touts and postcard boys, as we were about the only tourist there. Very inspiring and peaceful place (when we gave the afore mentioned boys the slip).
The photo shows Mori next to the largest of the intact ruins. Huge and impressive, and so old. For the first time in Syria they wouldnt accept my teachers card and give me the student discount (making the charge $3 rather than $0.20) so I had to clamber over the walls to get in. Nothing stops me in my quest for economy. Not anncient roman defences, nor any sense of being a pennypinching blagger. I have a quest to stick to, and our cash has to last along way across asia!