Monday, August 6, 2007

El encanto de una ciudad

Damasco sorprende al visitante: es una ciudad pobre, sucia y contaminada como muchas, pero se comporta con la vitalidad y la alegria de ninguna otra. Sus calles polvorientas, aceras en escombros y edificios en ruinas podrian ser el escenario de unas vidas austeras, temerosas y reservadas. Por el contrario Damasco es descaradamente bulliciosa, festivamente mediterranea, en permanente estado de fiesta.

A las dos de la tarde el cielo castiga inclemente con cuarenta grados a la sombra pero los damasquinos no se refugian para dormir la siesta, al contrario abarrotan el zoco y las calles centricas, mezclandose con los desamparados de la guerra de Irak, mas de un millon en Siria segun las cifras de la ONU; los turistas del golfo persico facilmente identificables por sus largas tunicas blancas y panyuelos sobre sus cabezas, acompanyados de un sequito de mujeres en el que ya no es tan facil diferenciar quienes de ellas son esposas, hijas o criadas; los turistas occidentales, algunos trotamundos con sus mochilas a la espalda, otros muchos estudiantes de arabe en la Universidad.

Foto del Zoco de Damasco en hora punta. Es decir, a cualquier hora.

Viniendo de viaje desde otra gran urbe como Teheran, Damasco gana la partida entre las dos por goleada. Su secreto? Probablemente el de todas las ciudades bellas: haber embaucado de tal forma a sus habitantes como para que estos afirmen con la cabeza alta, "Vivo en la ciudad mas hermosa del mundo". Cuando oscurece me parece pasear por el real de mi feria de Abril: Damasco enciende su iluminacion de colores, sube el volumen de la musica moderna oriental que hace que retumben las paredes de los comercios y de los bares y celebra orgullosa que se ha ganado por meritos propios ser el corazon arabe de esta region del mundo.


Panoramica nocturna desde el monte Casio a 500 metros de altura.

Por supuesto para seducir a sus habitantes, una ciudad con encanto debe ofrecer joyas historicas como la mezquita Omeya (arriba) o los restos de la epoca romana (abajo).

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Hola Fernando!
Topé con este blog de casualidad. Una tarde de aburrimiento me metí en el messenger y como te tengo agregado decidí visitar tu blog, a ver qué había, tampoco tenía ni idea de tu paradero ni de qué hacías, y he descubierto este espacio que me tiene enganchada a tus aventuras porque, además, leyendo los textos, descubres la vida, costumbres, cultura... de un mundo que para nosotros es desconocido por completo, pues sólo sabemos lo que nos cuentan. En fin, que desde aquí te animo en tu estancia ahí y espero que nos sigas deleitando con tus letras. Un saludo!
P.D. Por cierto, te preguntarás quién escribe esto. Pues soy Cristina, ex de tu amigo Javi.
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