Jorgo is a travel blogger who runs the Unusual Travel Blog and specializes in visiting destinations that are off the beaten track. He recently decided to visit war-torn Syria to see the state of the country with his own eyes. His experience there was not quite what you might expect – for instance, he said that he felt safer wandering around the Damascus, the Syrian capital, at night than he did in most European cities.
Getting into the country wasn’t easy. By his own admission, Jorgo had to hire a “fixer” to help him obtain a visa, as well as get him into the country. He landed at Beirut International Airport just before 2 am on July 25th, 2018, and crossed the border into Syria with his contact, Youssef, at around 5 am that same morning. Some three hours later, Jorgo arrived in Damascus. Needless to say that he and Youssef had to pass through a few military checkpoints in order to get into the city, but they soon made it to his hotel in Bab Touma, which is the city's Christian district.
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