Today on Sunday we drove back to Damascus as I have finished my short stint in the desert. I was there to see the overall operation and to do some scouting trips here and there. The drive back to Damascus again took 6.5 hours. We stopped over twice - one near to this small mosque by the road and the other at the famous Baghdad Café for some tea.The road was quiet busy today with many trucks plying through the highway bringing goods to the East as well as to Iraq. One could see every now and then local militias or armies with mounted machine guns at the back of their pick-up vehicles patrolling the highway.
At one spot, there was a military exercise near the road with lots of tanks which looked like the Russians T72 make - very impressive indeed.The roads are quite straight and scenic, mostly with high mountains in the backdrop. Judging from the bad driving style of the truckers, I am glad to arrive in Damascus safe and sound.
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