Posted on 06/26/2011 7:30:52 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
I’d love to see Palmyra. Maybe if the Assad dynasty is ever deposed . . .
At one time, I’d agree with that. ;’)
I’m about done traveling, so far as I can see. Just a few places I’d have liked to see before that happened, is all...
I’m lucky, in many ways, having seen more of the world than many of my high school classmates.
Most of the sites I got to see were in Turkey, and at the time (mid-80’s) the local population was mostly very friendly. I’d probably not like to visit there again, however, as the place is becoming more and more Islamist.
I’ve been, for example, to Goreme, in Cappodicia, and it’s well worth visiting. About 25KM from Incirlic AS, near Adana, is a place called Yilankale, or Snake Castle, a Byzantine fortress. When I was there, anyone could go climb all over the castle, and look all around. No fences, not guards, no guides, sometimes a sheep herder grazing his flock on the hills. And I was stationed outside Diyarbakir, a few years later, and walked the wall of the old city. Some of the graffiti is pretty old. One I saw supposedly says “the 6th Roman Legion was here.” And it’s listed as the oldest continuously inhabited city in Asia.
Way things are going now, I’m not going to Mexico for much of anything. I may go looking as historical sites in the US, though. We’ll see. Or not. ;)
OS
Looks like they’ve “improved” the site. It was some distance from anything else. I rode there with a friend once, took a taxi there the second time, and drove myself the third time I visited the Castle. It was a lonely and beautiful place. No parking lot, no flag pole, at the time.
this looks much as it did when I was last there:
http://www.pbase.com/dosseman/yilan&page=all
OS
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