Since when has this blog cease to post any visual aid to the long and sinuous text? I’ve left out a big part that is worth every word written about it which took place about 6 months ago. And today i have no shame to flip open that chapter of summer 2011 and stir up what’s remain of the middle east dust.
The pyramids still stands as a stark reminder that humans’ mind could go so far, no matter how the surrounding has changed. I’ve never been to a place where i refuse to relate or seek for any recognition between the ancient masterpiece and the modern civilization. Regardless of the magnificence of its geometry i shudder at the thought of all the laborers carrying those big blocks of stones, cutting them with inadequate equipments..sweat, blood, spit probably got all mingled up in the mud that solidify this structure that holds it against the licking of wind for millenia.
As far as human interactions go down the history, hospitality has its own place in the most primitive of human instincts. We were lucky to meet this old man, who crossed our path by chance and showed us the view from the Antiochian hilltop and in the most sincere way a person could welcome the other, offered us all that he has to serve, in the humblest way.
In this exploration, where would be the best suited place to take a break and cave in?
