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    • China
      • Shanghaied
      • Approaching the Middle Kingdom
      • Mei ban fa
      • Goodbye Ramadan, Hello China
    • Kyrgyzstan
      • Shashlyk and jailoos
      • From Kochkor to Karakol
      • Foolishness at 3800 meters
      • Long road to China
    • Uzbekistan
      • Do you know Viagra?
      • Taking care of business
    • Turkmenistan
      • Turkmenbashy's vision
      • Fire and brimstone
    • Azerbaijan
      • Flaming gold teeth
      • High pastures of pain
    • Georgia
      • Pork, sweat and beer
      • Cooling off in the Caucasus
    • Turkey
      • Turkey—without the beach
    • Syria
      • Bosra's black ruins
      • Rubble, ruin and rocks
      • Damascus, Aleppo, and the Axis of Evil
    • Jordan
      • Petra rocks
      • A week in Amman
    • Egypt
      • To Cairo
      • The Nile valley almost defeats us
      • Escape to the Sinai
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      • Fattening up in Portugal
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      • Heathrow = Hell
      • Italy through glazed eyes
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Italy | Portugal | Egypt | Jordan | Syria | Turkey | Georgia | Azerbaijan | Turkmenistan | Uzbekistan | Kyrgyzstan | China | Taiwan | Philippines

Damascus | Bosra | Palmyra | Dead Cities | Apamea | Hama | Aleppo | Krak des Chevaliers | Lattakia | Saladin's castle | Al Ma'ara

Palmyrene shrine
Palmyrene shrine
old city at night
old city at night
view over Damascus
view over Damascus
ice cream shop
ice cream shop
replica of Palmyrene lion and gazelle
replica of Palmyrene lion and gazelle
Nabatean sculpture
Nabatean sculpture
detail of Palmyrene shrine
detail of Palmyrene shrine
Palmyrene shrine, Damascus National Museum
Palmyrene shrine, Damascus National Museum
T-shirt for sale
T-shirt for sale
Damascus souq at night
Damascus souq at night
mother-of-pearl inlay
mother-of-pearl inlay
detail of Saladin's shrine
detail of Saladin's shrine
CFL usage at Umayyad mosque
CFL usage at Umayyad mosque
interior of Umayyad mosque
interior of Umayyad mosque
shrine of John the Baptist, Umayyad mosque
shrine of John the Baptist, Umayyad mosque
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