Does anyone know the people below, who would have been travelling together to Syria on March 29th/30th/31st?

A woman is missing in Hama Syria here's a link to the website .

http://vienneau.livejournal.com/39588.html

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May 16th (Evening):

Things are continuing at a hectic pace, but it seems that we are mostly covering ground the police have already checked. A bunch of updates here, along with a search for three people that I hope everyone can help me on.

Today we visited the Dead Cities. The reason for the visit is that Nicole wrote out the directions in the back of her guidebook (Lonely Planet Guide - Middle East). These directions exactly match the directions given in a different guidebook that we have (Lonely Planet Guide - Syria and Lebanon). Thus, she must have borrowed the other guide and copied down the maps (there are two maps with directions written out). It might help to find where she borrowed the book and see if anyone discussed the trips with her. There is a third trip from Hama that is mentioned, but she took no notes on that one so the police haven't investigated.

It seems very clear once again that Nicole did not reach the Dead Cities, or even the small villages on route where she needed to change buses. The drivers there were keen to see the poster, but did not recognize her. Everyone is very concerned and when we handed out the poster they were immediately putting them up in shop windows and people read them when they passed by. The police and locals have searched all the caves and wells at all the locations we've visited, and most of them see so few visitors that they all stick out quite clearly, especially single female travellers.

We have discussed Nicole's time at the Cairo Hotel extensively with staff. We have also been given a copy of the guest registrations at the Cairo Hotel for the days leading up to and subsequent to her disappearance. And we have been given the guest list at the Riad Hotel which is right next door - they are the only two backpacker hotels that anyone really goes to in Hama.

Here's where I need help. The hotel staff have indicated which three guests were talking to Nicole, and we want to find them and see what she might have said or asked. The names are a bit tricky because they were translated phonetically from English to Arabic by hotel staff, and then translated back to English six weeks later for us.

Does anyone know the following people, who would have been travelling together to Syria on March 29th/30th/31st? Spelling may be totally incorrect:

Catherine Lu (born 1987 or maybe 1957) Catherine Lu (born 1987 or maybe 1957)
Barbara Lu (born 1950)
Marty Fox (born 1979)

The last name in particular could be very off - the hotel listed it as "Mardis Fukse" with accents on the a and the u. So it's tricky to say.

The authorities are also going to assist with this as we have their passport numbers, but I thought I'd give the Internet a chance to flex their intellectual muscles and see if they couldn't be found a bit faster. They are not in any trouble or anything similar, we just want to know what Nicole discussed with them that day in case it helps provide clues. They may also have comments on what was going on in Hama and there was anything strange.

The last two days have had us travelling by convoy to all these sites. We've had 3-4 policemen with us at all times, as well as an Embassy representative and 1-3 drivers, interpreters and locals. It's been quite a sight, but it's also kept me from responding to emails and various press requests. I hope to have some available time this evening for such things. The Syrian News wishes to interview me person, but unfortunately they are in Damascus so that will wait until Monday. We will be contacting other local press outlets tomorrow and begin passing Nicole's picture around to shops in the area of the Cairo Hotel. At this point, it definitely looks like she was heading to the Beehive houses as it is the most popular tourist destination left. It doesn't appear, however, that she ever got on to a bus, or if she did get in a vehicle, she never arrived.

AN UPDATE from the website

The three people were American

May 17th (Morning):

A quick update this morning. The three names mentioned earlier are Americans. My apologies for forgetting to mention that. Keep in mind that spellings could be totally incorrect - it could be Catherine, Kathryn, Katharine, etc. "Martin" could even be "Meredith" - we're pretty sure it was a male, but I'll have to check again.

http://www.findnicolevienneau.com/downloads.shtml


with a list of guests names from both the Cairo Hotel and the Riad Hotel (in Hama Syria)in late March or early April 2007.

Do you know any of these people?

Please contact Nicole's brother, Matt, through the website above directly.

UPDATED HOTEL LISTS

Nicole's family are STILL searching for her.

Do you know anyone who was in HAMA in Syria in March 2007?? Could you please check.

MANY THANKS

CAIRO HOTEL LIST http://vintagevocalslabel.com/Cairo%20Hotel%20-%20Short%20List.txt
RIAD HOTEL LIST
http://vintagevocalslabel.com/Riad%20Hotel%20-%20Short%20List.txt