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Archive for January, 2011
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Isfahan nightlife
Posted on January 29, 2011 | 3 CommentsIsfahan nightlife - the bridges and parks along the river Zayandeh in Isfahan, Iran. -
Palmyra – bride of the desert
Posted on January 23, 2011 | 2 CommentsPalmyra - once described as "the bride of the desert" as it was a lively stop on the ancient caravan routes... -
Palmyra by night
Posted on January 23, 2011 | 1 CommentSneaking around Palmyra in Syria after dark and getting a little freaked out... -
Help – do you read Chinese!
Posted on January 16, 2011 | 2 CommentsCan you help me work out the temple in Huangzhou and tell me what the Chinese character means? -
Karez – well systems in the Turpan Depression
Posted on January 15, 2011 | 1 CommentAncient water management at the second lowest point on earth... -
Rehearsals – traditional Uyghur dancing
Posted on January 15, 2011 | 4 CommentsUyghur dancers rehearsing for a traditional dance performance at the Turpan Water Museum outside Turpan in Xinijiang, western China. -
Mount Fuji – oh, you missed it!
Posted on January 11, 2011 | 2 CommentsA glimpse of Mount Fuji - means so much to one person, but an every day thing to another... -
School kids steal the show at Todai-ji
Posted on January 7, 2011 | 1 CommentTodai-ji is a UNESCO World Heritage site, possibly the world's largest wooden building, with a giant buddha too ... all this upstaged by 5 year olds! -
5 photos I wish were mine – Making eye contact
Posted on January 5, 2011 | 4 CommentsSelection of my favourite portraits and photographs of the people of the world by some amazing Flickr based photographers... -
Solar eclipse
Posted on January 4, 2011 | 6 CommentsAll the talk of the partial solar eclipse in the UK today reminds me of the total solar eclipse I witnessed in Xian, China









