Saturday 18 October

Up early and again spent morning on beach. Collected a few more shells and got talking to an English lad travelling along for 12 weeks around Europe – swapped some paperbacks with him. Also talked to Swiss couple spending six months in Europe and Middle East who gave us some information on camping grounds and roads in Syria and Iran, Iraq. Very helpful. A cut my hair again!

[It does get a little more interesting after we leave the beach and head for Damascus !!]