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 An ancient Roman wealthy city, with an unusual feature, nearly completely built from black rock, a few white marble columns and floors must have been a stunning sight. In the back an old Christian church  | 
  
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 Like stepping back a couple of thousand years. The old Roman streets. Maintained, because the ruins were occupied long after the Romans departed, and in part, still are  | 
  
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Not an absolute, but I've seen this all over, where boys are fawned over and virtually can't do anything wrong, and girls find themselves as outsiders  | 
  
Bosra
A day-trip from Damascus from the nearby terminal. Took a bus to the nearest city, and then a minivan to the Roman ruins of Bosra