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Thanks Julıan and Alex and Peter

Will see how it is looking on the ground around mid May. Should be ok. Julian / Alex where are you heading??
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we have come back up through cental turkey, try and get to Capadocia, to Istanbul then Serbia, Hungary and now in Austria. Syria seems so far away but so worth it. The people are lovely and the genuine way we were treated is what bike travel is all about. Probably would have been better if we had made Homs our base. Aleppo great but we had to ride many miles each day to visit the sights.
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It's nice to hear people having great time in places were western authorities try to make us avoid such trips. And I'm one of those who changed their mind, well it was also a money issue with the carnet, and will end up travelling west rather than east.

We'll be excpecting your ride reports and pictures, travel safe
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we have come back up through cental turkey, try and get to Capadocia, to Istanbul then Serbia, Hungary and now in Austria. Syria seems so far away but so worth it. The people are lovely and the genuine way we were treated is what bike travel is all about. Probably would have been better if we had made Homs our base. Aleppo great but we had to ride many miles each day to visit the sights.
Hi Julianww,
as i understand you are currently in Austria. If you are in Vienna right now send me a PM and we can meet for a or so. I'm going to Greece, Turkey and possibly Syria on the second of May. My Journey will last for three months.

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Travel Advice Syria
Hi to all,
here is a travel advice for Syria issued by the British and Foreign Commonwealth Office dated 04.25.2011

We advise against all travel to the Syrian Arab Republic. This is because of increasingly violent disturbances in urban centres across the country, including the capital Damascus, and reports of live gunfire by security forces resulting in an increasing number of deaths. In light of the deteriorating security situation, British nationals in Syria who have no pressing need to remain should leave now by commercial means.

British Nationals who choose to remain in Syria or visit against our advice should be aware that it is highly unlikely that the British Embassy will be able to provide a normal consular service in the event of a further breakdown in law and order and increased violent civil disorder. British nationals should therefore plan accordingly.
It is likely that road networks may be blocked during disturbances or demonstrations. In recent days several major highways including Tartous-Latakia, Latakia-Aleppo, Homs-Aleppo and Damascus-Jordan have been temporarily closed because of demonstrations or disturbances. There has also been an increase in the number of security force checkpoints on major road routes.

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Land border closed
Fresh from TV BBC world news less than an hour ago, the land borders have been closed..!
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Fresh from TV BBC world news less than an hour ago, the land borders have been closed..!
Bummer...looks like Syira is off the travel plans thanks for the update though.

Just hope it doesn't spread to Iran. I'll visit there first and then see what's happening.
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Lobster09 was faster than me. Reports in Greece also mention the land borders closing from all sides plus there's lack of electricity and communication possibilities.
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Hey you HUBB-ers,

In Syria now, and situation very very confusing. So far I've stayed here for about a week and no problems whatsoever. Beautiful country, perfect riding and the people I've met were really some friendliest ever.

Unfortunately, the situation is quite unpredictable nowadays. Land border with Jordan seems to be closed as off today (all hear say though); other borders I'm not sure. Cannot really imagine that the border with Turkey is closed, as I haven't heard of problems close to there. Big cities close to Lebanon seem to have problems. Tourists from several countries have been advised by their embassies to leave the country as soon as possible. But being here, it's actually quite impossible to get any info that feels reliable.

Anyway, I'm off to Crac de Chevalier and as long as the land border with Jordan is closed off I'll stick it out in the ever-so-quiet Lebanon.

If your here or in Lebanon, give a shoutout, and we'll swap stories.

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