Palmyra Nightlife

I noticed that there was a lake near Palmyra on a map in the hotel reception and asked the owner about it. He said it was lovely at night and that he could arrange a taxi to take me there, but I didn't like to go on my own. After dinner some of the other guests at the hotel commented that although the sunset had been stunning viewed from the Arab castle, they had hoped for a more peaceful experience, so we called the taxi and went to the lake together. We drove for about 20 minutes through the desert scenery, which was beautiful in the light of an almost full moon, until we reached the lake, where we sat on the pebbled slopes leading to the water and listened to the sounds of the birds and watched the reflection of the moon. It was far enough from the lights of the town that the stars shone clearly and we even saw two shooting stars. There was such a calming atmosphere that even the driver's small son fell silent after a few minutes there and I slept really well that night, when we reached the hotel.

Before I went off to bed on that night, I had the time to capture this sight, for my memory sake of being in Palmyra at night !
The ruins are visible from the window !
If you are coming to Palmyra, just make sure that you have a room overseeing the ruins.
This room was booked for me by Fouads on VT.

Now, I am at the hotel; Tired...Not that feeling scared anymore of 'the noise' that I heard at Palmyra ruins.
The hotel has a restaurant upstairs so I laid out the schwarma that I bought on the table with my mineral water & a cup of coffee...Aahhh ! Nice !
Notice the window was opened & I was munching my schwarma while looking at the ruins from the window ! Felt so so good !

All over the places in this first trip to The Middle east, I ate schwarmas ! They are cheap & I love them very much ! I found one schwarma stall still opened (about 9 pm...) in Palmyra New Town; Ordered 2 !
Thought I should take a photo of the stall...
What does schwarma looks like ?
Well, scroll below !

The photo is showing Palmyra New Town; There are shops, hotels & people/tourists loitering around in this 'town' area. It's quite a lively sight !
It's a place also where we can buy souvenirs, develop photos or even talking with the locals.
Notice the green-lighted tower, that's the minaret of the mosque. It seems that almost all mosques in Syria have green lights emanating from their minarets.
I came to this area because I was hungry !

As I was walking out from the road leading to the ruins, I saw boys playing football by the road side.
They saw me holding a camera & stormed at me right away; Asking me to take a photo of them !
Where the photo was taken was also just infront of The Museum where you can buy ALL the tickets to the sites in Palmyra !

I purposely stayed the night in Palmyra just so that I could capture the ruins at night ! It was one of the most beautiful night sights in all my travels !
As I was walking out from my hotel, I saw this sight as you can also see on my photo on the left.
Perched on top of a hill lies Qala'at Ibn Maan, also called The Arab Castle; Which was built in th 17th century.
It was beautifully brightly lit !
This castle was built by Fakhreddine, the Lebanese warlord who challenged The Ottomans for controlling the Syrian desert.

Now, I am back on the road leading back to the village of Palmyra ! Still wanted to be there much longer; Not enough for just 30 minutes !
If I was with somebody I would stay longer, right ?
Anyway, capturing another Colonadde sight.
I was thinking at that time maybe I should also capture some sights around the village of Palmyra...also called as :
Palmyra New Town.