BLOG: Wine, cards and cheap accomodation
Day 3 (Saturday, March 27)
We did a little more shopping in the main Damascus souk before leaving for Hama. We had planned to spend the full day in Damascus, but we thought we covered enough the day before to justify leaving earlier.
We arrived in Hama around dinner-time and had a terrific dinner that was quite cheap. We then walked around town before sitting down for some cards, backgammon and checkers.
Finally, we retired to our “room” for the night. In reality, it was a “terrace” — an open-air space near the hotel’s top floor. They set up some mattresses and blankets for us, and let us use a nearby bathroom.
(Really, it wasn’t bad for $10 a night.) From there we played some more cards and opened a bottle of wine. It got a bit chilly at night, but it was a cheap alternative to a traditional room and the view was beautiful.
