Heading Home

Heading home today. This is the photo of Damascus International airport when the plane was doing a fly pass on the way in. The airport is being modernised with the help of a Malaysian contractor. We saw a lot of changes since the last trip back in December.

Has been a bilstering few days busy with work here in Damascus. At the end it was worthwhile that something really good came out of it, that real change has been made impacting the project. It was not all work and no play here. As always during this trip our group would head to the old city of Damascus to go for dinner. It's normally a long winding affair. Not to be dissappointed as in previous times, we remembered to book for our tables well beforehand. The foods here are excellent and relatively cheap.

On this trip what is quite visible to see are the many high powered foreign VIP delegates around, either in the hotel that we are staying or the restaurants we patroned. Syria seems to be quite aggressive in attracting foreign firms to do business here. Amongst the more willings are the Russians and Chinese who are snapping most of the contracts and offering good deals. Next week a high delegation from the States is coming. Hopefully something fruitful will come out of it. Romour circulating wild here is that the Obama administration is more open and willing to start a fresh dialogue with Syria. So much so that an American ambassador might be reinstated. If that is the case, that would be a good news as the current embargo imposed to this country really hurts her progress and development. And that would also be good for my project.