Grand Asia OverlandShowing 1-40 of 552195 visitsAlbum by Martin BallPhotos by Martin Ball
P4100059 First day in Turkey - this is the view from the Pasha Palace looking down to the town of Doggybisquit (sounds like that anyhow)
P4100060 The Pasha Palace Mosque.
P4110062 Anyone seen my Ark?? Mount Arrarat
P4120063 6am - campsite cooking breakfast - shortly after we broke camp the truck got stuck in the clay and we had to dig it out and get a lorry to help drag us clear!!
P4140066 I was still not completely happy with the Ethnic shirt look.
P4140070 Valerie amoungst the rocks. Nuff said!
P4140072 Group in Turkey amoungst the rocks. Valarie, Keith, Joanna, Paul and our guide Ozgur. Rocks shaped like willies. Strange as I have a willy shaped like a rock!
P4140076 What Outstanding Beauty. Yep, and you guessed it - the landscape is pretty special too!! Naked amoungst the Rocks of Cappadocia.
P4140081 Valley in Cappadocia - Nice eh?
P4150085 Dawn, silence apart from the soulful roar of a Turkey in the distance.
P4150086 Several Balloons
P4150090 Alexander the Great's tomb - oh hang on, sorry just another stunning Ballon shot
P4150091 Sunrise over Goreme - as you can see I took a few shots during our ride
P4150092 Coca Cola Balloon just after getting rid of some Japanese Ballast
P4150093 Hotel near penis shaped rocks - nice pool though
P4150095 Ballon ride - stunning scenery - sun rising, this was one of the accompanying balloon full of Japanese Tourists
P4150096 Have a Coke and a smile!
P4150097 lots of balloons - just after this picture was taken an F15 blew up the one on the left - sadly i was changing my battery at the time so missed out on the Pulitzer prize. Oh well
P4150098 Pretty Ballon briefly before they exploded in a firey eireworks display
P4150099 A another balloon from above (no really)
P4150100 Funny how views like this really made me think "why the effin hell didn't i leave the crappy company i was working for and see some of the world before i die?"
P4150101 Stunning scenery over Goreme - Turkey
P4150102 The sister balloon on a particularly good sky background
P4150104 Safe landing and beer and cake at 7:30am. Joanna, Paul, balloon guy, Valerie, me and Keith.
P4160106 Views from Krak - One of the 'best' crusader castles - wasn't overly impressed myself
P4160109 Krak - Syria - Mighty Crusader castle on top of hill
P4160111 At Krak we were mobbed by 50+ Syrian schoolgirls - sort of know what boy bands go through. Photos, autographs, questions galore - Valerie attempting to rescue me here. Paul and I got caught up for about half an hour until we managed to escape!
P4170114 Syrian Truffle Vulture - the Bedouin train them to find guilded truffles, the rarest of all truffles!
P4170117 Clock tower in the most famous mosque
P4170118 Damascus - most famous mosque in the world apparently - very pretty
P4170119 The ninja lined inner sanctum of the most famous mosque
P4170120 Dome inside the sanctuary od the most famous mosque
P4170121 Courtyard of the most famous Mosque in Damascus - Paul, me and Keith feeling the heat
P4180122 Temple of Zeus at Jeresh - this is my attempt at a reconstruction using sand castles - scale may be a little off but quite pleased with it over all
P4180125 North theatre at Jeresh - there are 4 tea-toweled gents playing Scotland the brave on bagpipes and drums down the front? Dunno why all a little surreal
P4180131 Pillars at a jaunty angle. Corrinthian obviously
P4180133 Temple at Jeresh in Jordon
P4180135 Figleaves at Jeresh (Keith, me and Paul)- it was suggested we do an 'only leaves' photo but i couldn't find any clover to cover my modesty.
P4190001 Damn i am tourist - reading in the Dead Sea 400m below 'sea level'
P4190003 Was never able to get an arch like this in freefall!! Almost Mantis position too!! (Ok maybe not)
