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The Trip.... Jordan, Syria, LEBANON
The journey back through the Middle East (be sure tocheck back on Egypt as i have some Underwater photos that i will scan in) - still waiting to get my fishy photos in - remember on several albums only the 1st 20photos are displayed - click SHOW ALL to get the rest
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Wadi Rum in Jordan - Lawrence of Arabia country - This is me at LoA's spring.
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LoA spring in Wadi Rum
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Our Wadi Rum guide (Zidane) relaxing.
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Another stunning view within Wadi Rum - This shot was from within a slot canyon with ancient wall drawings. Not funny but true.
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Wadi Rum sand, rocks and scrub
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The whole damn crew (minus Prue) - Joanna, Paul, Valerie, Martin, Keith and Me
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Wadi Rum - Tatooine - what's the difference??
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This budget Pod Racer was never going to cut the mustard in the Tatooine Race! Was overtaken by a Tuskan on a Mountain Dewback on the 2nd lap
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Stunning scenery with a range of Browns, Reds, Yellows and Whites.
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Me on top of one of the Rock Bridges in Wadi Rum - the fish i saw in the Red Sea was this big!
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Jordon scenery seems to inspire a certain amount of Naturistic tendency - Joanna, Valerie, Paul, Me, Keith and Prue on Rock Bridge in Wadi Rum - Jordan
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View across the sands looking up one of the Wadi's. (Took ages to break the bush into the correct angle. (Joke!))
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Broken twig from another angle
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Broken bush from other direction - personally i prefer bush well groomed
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Sand off the dune in Wadi Rum
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What's Brown and Sticky? A Stick.
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Joanna, Prue and Valerie 'doing' Charlie's Angels. Why? Who knows? Look more like Cameron Dire(bolical), Lucy Loo(contents) and Grue(some) Barrimore!
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Mistimed sand jump... Zidane, Prue, Joanna and Paul.
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Arabesque, Wadi Rum Stylee
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I think he went that way!
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Proud Drinker of Amstell Beer - Invigorates the parts other beers just cannot reach. (Another time exposure / tripod combo)
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Shadows across a barren landscape - you can just see Hank Marvin in the background...
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Me and Paul being sadly put to shame by Keith's Heroic stance! Damn him!!!
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Sunset in Wadi Rum
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Sunset Movie - just trying to show the awesome scale of this area - the photos do not do it credit.
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Self portrait at Sunrise in Wadi Rum - Looking old I feel!
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Sunrise over Wadi Rum
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Me in a tea towel - bush camping in Jordan near the Syrian border - day before our trip to Beirut (I wear it like a natural!)
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Ruins at Bosra in Syria - after previous photos i decided to be more Heroic - think i may have overdone it as now have a hernia!
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Ampitheatre at Borsa in Syria
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Me outsıde Hard Rock Cafe ın Beırut - yeah baby BEIRUT!!
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More damaged buıldıngs - very strange amoungst the new ones
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Pillars, another set of crackers
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Flushed with the success of my Persepolis shot - here are some pillars at Baalbeck in Lebanon
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Another attempt to relive the Persopelis at Baalbeck
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Temple at Baalbeck
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Lebenon again - yes that's right = had a day trip to Lebanon!!! Nice passport stamp
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Me, Lion gargoyle, nuff said
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Ruıns of Baalbeck ın Lebanon - bıg pıllar, pretty poppy.
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Lebanon, sure there was a song by the Human League but can't for the life of me remember it!