the long-distance coach destination was for damascus, and the place for me to sit was the folded bench next to the driver. this position gave me a excellent view of eastern turkey. most military checkpoint the iranian bribed the turkish soldiers with cigarettes for short stop, but this was not the possible on the occasion when i was questioned by the officer in charge for about 30 minutes. then when we arrived in gaziantep it turned out that the driver of the bus didn’t have a visa for syria. so i waited around three days visiting the turkish bath every day. when the driver still didn’t show, i took the local bus to kilis for a quicker entering to syria.