Palmyra

(Written in Syria, posted in Jordan)

We left the hotel this morning (after feeding the ostrich some toast of course) and set off to Palmyra. Nasr was in full Saudi dress. Do we know why? Nope. He also had a knife in his belt. His explanation was, “Hahaha, we are going to Palmyra.” It was a nice area but without too much to do. We checked out some ruins (and managed to scale this one area and get to the top of something we weren’t supposed to be on top of). Also, we made friends with the cleanest looking cat we’ve seen yet that just jumped into Caitlin’s lap and napped there for half an hour. Interesting. Oh, and some of us tried camel meat. It’s a lot softer than expected but without much taste.

P.S. – Nasr’s jokes are becoming borderline racist, especially towards the Japanese.