Isfahan nightlife
Isfahan nightlife – the bridges and parks along the river Zayandeh in Isfahan, Iran.
Palmyra… bride of the desert
Palmyra… once described as “the bride of the desert” as it was a lively stop on the ancient caravan routes…
Palmyra by night
Sneaking around Palmyra in Syria after dark and getting a little freaked out…
Help… do you read Chinese!
Can you help me work out the temple in Huangzhou and tell me what the Chinese character means?
Karez well systems in the Turpan Depression
Ancient water management at the second lowest point on earth…
Rehearsals… traditional Uyghur dancing
Uyghur dancers rehearsing for a traditional dance performance at the Turpan Water Museum outside Turpan in Xinijiang, western China.
School kids steal the show at Todai-ji
Todai-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
Selection of my favourite portraits and photographs of the people of the world by some amazing Flickr based photographers…
Solar eclipse
All the talk of the partial solar eclipse in the UK today reminds me of the total solar eclipse I witnessed in Xian, China
Sinking history at Hasankeyf
Hasankeyf… an ancient village on the Tigris River under threat of flooding by the Ilisu Dam Project