Beehive Houses

Some villages near Hama have some interesting housing structure, called beehive house. The tour book that I have mentioned that some local people still live in this egg-shape clay houses. When I was in Hama, I managed to get to Sarouj to see them. It seems like most people live in modern houses now and use the beehive houses as storage or chicken coops. On the way back to Hama, we visited one Bedouin family. Even though they live in tents, they do have the satellite.

Hama-People

People in Hama, Syria, are very friendly. Several came to me, and some of them offered me tea. One boy wanted to follow me around in a park. And one high school girl bought me a lunch after approaching me. My brain couldn't come up enough words in Arabic to have a long conversation with them.

Hama-Street

Last week I went to Hama, which is located in central Syria. Being there three days, I wandered around the parks, markets and streets and visited a few norias (used for irrigation) along the Orontes River. It's a lovely city to hang around. The water wheels, norias, are very impressive.