India to UK and here are the closing shots as I came through Eastern Europe....
Grand Asia OverlandShowing 1-40 of 445771 visitsAlbum by Martin BallPhotos by Martin Ball
P5250014 It eats bees and is called a Bee-eater - Genius!
P5180055 Ancient ruins high in the hills. Themoses (i think) hehe. City was never taken by Romans or Alexander but was destroyed by numerous earthquakes
P5180058 Tomb on the hillside above Themesos(?)
P5180059 Valerie and I riding on top of the truck on the way back down the mountain from Themosus
P5200061 Thıs ıs the Treehouse we slept in at Olympos = Fantastic place, very chilled, great people. 10minutes walk through Roman ruins to the beach = TOP PLACE www.kadirstreehouses.com
P5210062 Canyon at Saklikent in Turkey
P5210065 Me ınsıde the gorge at one of the many waterfalls. Gorge has sides 1000m high but is only 50feet or so across
P5210066 Where we went 'tubing'. Gorge/river, fantastic scenery and great campsite. Gorge ıs called Saklıkent
P5230002 Delway - Turkey - Noble tombs carved into hillside
P5240001 Ampitheatre at Ephesus
P5240002 Ephesus Ampitheatre with usual crowd of bloody tourists!
P5240003 Ephesus - miracle photo with no tourists (apart from me)
P5240004 As you can see, Ephesus had a couple of other people on site
P5240005 Crowds and Lıbrary ın the dıstance
P5240006 Drinking Efes beer at Efes (Ephesus) Girl to my right is an American who joined us from Atilla's place. Strange girl with an interesting line in stories about her life!
P5240007 One of those places that you have seen pictures of, Library at Ephesus
P5240007 1 Idylic garden at Attila's Place. Selcuk in Turkey.
P5240011 Count those Boobıes - Goddess statue at Ephesus
P5240014 Lookıng back to the Lıbrary. They sure did like their pillars in Roman times
P5250008 Horse at Troy
P5250011 Me at Troy looking out of the original Horse. No really they dug this one up!
P5250012 The kids hanging out in a Horse at Troy, Turkey
P5250013 Troy - Not quite as Holywood showed it but i did my best to Brad it up! (Although i am younger and more dashing than him!)
P5260016 Statement issued by Ataturk about the dead at Galipolli - quite moving really
P5260017 Galipolli - bullets shot by other bullets! It was hell of a firefight!
P5270021 The Istanbul Blue Mosque - Not very blue but 6 minnarets (long story....)
P5270024 Inside the Blue Mosque in Istanbul - No Blue in here either??
P5270026 Inside the Blue Mosque
P5270028 View of the AyaSofia from the Blue Mosque - Istanbul
P5270029 Other Mosque in Istanbul (was Constantinople)
P5300031 Serbia
P5300032 Serbia - nice scenery crappy roads
P5310033 Parliment building in Budapest - very gothic
P5310037 Chain bridge in Budapest - architech killed himself as lions had no tongues and were imperfect (Speel chocked)
P6020040 Salzburg - Austria, Mozart's birthplace, setting for the Sound Of Music. Nice place
P6020041 Fountain and Cathedral in Salzburg
P6020042 Who is that on top of that small mountain, all alone tending her flock of Billies? Why, it is a lonely goatherd!
P6020044 View from the castle (Festung Hohensalzburg) above Salzburg looking out ovcer the Cathedral.
P6020046 Another shot from the castle.Is that an elk in the town? No, it's a doe, a deer, a female dear.