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Candels, thank you bebina - Damascus
Candels, thank you bebina
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Tips on what to pack for a trip to Damascus, posted by real travelers and Damascus locals.
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  • Women should bring a headscarf to enter mosques. If you go in winter, take some very warm clothes as it get's surprisingly cold. My friends in England all laughed when I said it was freezing, but although it probably isn't as cold as England is, in Syria you feel it more because most buildings (hotels and especially houses) are inadequately heated, so it is impossible to get warm!

    You can get all kinds of toiletries and medical supplies (except good cough tablets) in Damascus.

    Films bought in good shops usually work fine, but outside Damascus and Aleppo, films should be treated dubiously! I got most of my films developed in Syria, and had no complaints. Any Kodak shop is good, as is the Photo Misr not far from the Cham Palace Hotel in the New City. You can normally get same-day service. Passport photos can be taken in most of these shops (sometimes called studios, although that's a wee bit optimistic), although don't expect wonders - mine were taken using an antique camera (the photographer had to cover his head with a dark cloth!), but at least they were cheap. You will need countless passport photos for obtaining and extending visas (they always ask for one more than you've got, so be prepared!)

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  • Don't forget the romantic aromatic candels, because they will make all the difference...


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    Recommended Reading
    Below are a few books I recommend reading prior to a trip to Syria: Syria - A Historical and Cultural Guide, by Warwick Ball Damas - Miroir Brisé d'Un Orient Arabe (Éditions Autrement, Séries Monde) Monuments of Syria - An Historical Guide, by Ross Burns Syria - A Selection of Reports, by Carol Miller Damascus - Hidden Treasures of the Old City, by Brigid Keenan (illustrated)


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    Drain Stopper and Flip-Flops!
    It's a good idea to bring a flat drain stopper. the hotel wash basins have the drains with the pierced metal piece in them. However, there were no stoppers, so handwashing clothes in the basin is difficult because the water just runs out. Since I did not find coin laundries in Damascus and laundries where you hand in you clothes to get them back washed and ironed are pretty expensive, you might handwash a few things. I also brought along a laundry line with little suction cups that Iattached to both walls and dried my clothes like that. One more useful thing are plastic flip-flops. There were never any bathmats in the bathrooms and although I drew the shower curtain I somehow always managed to get everything wet in there.

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    Bedbug powder/sprays
    One might want to buy powders to eradicate bedbugs if one happens to stay in cheaper hotels. Mortein is a good brand for that.


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