Dead Cities Archives — Lara Dunston

Dead Cities: reading the signs

In case you needed further evidence as to why you need to visit the spooky Dead Cities in Syria alone and not in the company of a guide (see my Doing it alone at the Dead Cities post), it’s because it could take you some time to read the signs at the site. And the … Read more about Dead Cities: reading the signs

Doing it alone at the Dead Cities

by Lara Dunston

If there’s one destination above all else in the world where you want to explore alone, and don’t want to be tagging along behind a blathering guide – or want a guide trailing along behind you (read this post for an explanation) – it’s the Dead Cities of Syria. Serjilla, Al Bara, Jerada, and Ruweiha … Read more about Doing it alone at the Dead Cities