Month: December 2015
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Petra:the Treasury; a View; a Facade and two mosaics:an Amazon and a Donkey
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Riding Michael Jackson up to the Monastery, the mountains of Jordan, Mohammad’s uncle and Mohammad
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JORDAN
Crossing from Israel into Jordan in a crowded “vintage” van was the stuff of cinema. Picture miles of barren mountains, beautiful stone outcrops, baked ochre and umber, eroded canyons with neither a town or a structure on the long curving single lane road. Add driving rain, arrive at the border filled with concrete block buildings…
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Friends I’ve met in Turkey: Filiz; Kamel and Lotfi from Algeria; Tamer from Ephesus; the wine merchant from Sirince
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On the Streets of Istanbul
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On the Streets of Istanbul
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The Blue Mosque; Sacred Relic (the Prophet’s Beard); Illumination depicting Medina and Mecca (the first Mosques); the Sultan’s signature
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Cappadocia Rock-cut cave cathedral, cave church with flagellation column, and fairy castles in the lava flow canyons
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On the streets of Sirince, Turkey
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Murals of Yeldegirmeni
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