Egypt - Cairo Cave Church
This church we visited has an interesting putative history (Google cache; they’re having server problems). In any case, it’s an amazing church building.
Ready for christening?
Sleeping angel
Battling for bread
Egypt - Cairo and Pyramids
Nothing quite like transporting a tree with a bike
A unique parking meter system eliminates the need for meter maids and makes sure that you pay before you drive away
The subway
The trucks in the foreground are trucks for riot police
We bought a tour with camels that had admission to the pyramids “included”; this “included” was a […]
Jerusalem, Israel to Cairo, Egypt
Dead Sea
Gulf of Aqaba/Red Sea
Amman, Jordan to Jerusalem, Israel - Jerusalem Day Celebrations
When we got to Jerusalem, we were plopped into the middle of jubilant “Jerusalem Day” celebrations. Delicately put, it is a celebration of the “reunification” of Jerusalem. Less delicately, it is when Israel was attacked in the Six Day War and they not only defended themselves, but also took Jerusalem, the West Bank, etc.
Dancing and […]
Damascus, Syria to Amman, Jordan
The bus trip from Damascus to Amman, Jordan created many out the bus window shots, shown here. I (at the time of this writing) am eagerly awaiting the arrival of my Canon 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS which will make for far better shots than my Sigma 18-200 f/3.5-5.6 IS. By the time you read this, I […]
Syria - Damascus - Streets
The old and grand juxtaposed with the very old and very grand
Colorful car covers
A plaque referencing the Abana and Pharpar rivers that used to majestically run through Damascus; now’s it’s a muddy, trash-filled stream. Naaman famously proclaimed that he would rather wash (to receive healing) in the clean rivers of Damascus rather than the Jordan. […]
Syria - Damascus - Souk
This is the Hamidiye Souk, the biggest market in the Old City of Damascus; this picture is during the middle of the day when it’s not very busy
Gazing wistfully
Sand art
Beautiful… things
Inexplicably taking a torch to a Persian rug; can someone explain to me the logic here?
Coffee!
Fancy vegetables
Hamidiye Souk
Hamidiye Souk at night when crowded
Hamidiye Souk at […]
Syria - Damascus - People of the Umayyad Mosque
This post is simply shots of people at the Umayyad Mosque. It was a people photographer’s paradise. The huge open courtyard gave a long zoom lens place to work, the magnificent architecture gave plausible deniability (it was hard to ascertain whether I was shooting people or architecture; Muslims, especially ladies, don’t like to be shot). […]
Turkey - Urfa - Streets & Souk
A curious baker–who dropped his work and followed us down the street for a few minutes–posing
A bronze worker
Ditto
Ditto
Spice shop
One of Urfa’s many birds
Lonely
Friends
The souk. Notice the bright purple headgear on the lady. This is an Urfa fad followed by men and women, a most unusual thing for Muslim ladies and men to be wearing the […]
