Camping Salaam

We’re in business.

Our first customers are French who like to explore the Mediterranean region in a tailor made camper van. This time, their objective is Syria. A journey they have been dreaming about for years already.

They stopped at the sign, had a look at the facilities and were overjoyed to have discovered our camping. They stayed 3 days during which we helped them explore Aleppo and the Saint Simeon region. Although well prepared, they still had a few questions about the rest of their journey which we answered during a typical Syrian dinner on the veranda. Starry eyed they left on Monday with a firm promise to send a letter of recommendation to the “Guide de Routards” to have us mentioned in the next edition. We won’t see them again on their way back to the North, as they are going out of the country at another border post.

The next day, an Opel minivan stopped at the gate. It contained a family with 2 teenagers. Dad had a look at the toilets and was immediately convinced to stay at least 3 days. They are also French and during their 6 weeks journey visiting Aleppo was the main objective. They stayed 4 days and were sad to leave. The children begging to come back on their way back to France telling their parents it was the first time they felt like being at home.

All in all, a good start. We need good references on the internet and in the camper community.

In the coming week, we’re setting up a tent (not a real Bedouin one, a modern version) to provide more shadow. Our trees have to grow a few more years before they can serve as a shelter from the hot burning sun.

It is 41° C in the shadow these days. I’m not measuring in the sun, as the thermometer reaches only 50.

The stone tablets arrived to start finalizing the kitchen. After they will have been installed, cupboards will have to be made. I suppose it will take at least a month before everything is ready. But, I’m not complaining. The heat makes me too lazy.