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Bhutan
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Jill and a friend in Tang Valley |

Ugyen tying up prayer flags on a mountain pass |

Big sister on duty – Tang Valley |

On the way home from school Probjika |

Punakha dzong |

Rhododenrons in Bhutan |

Tiger’s Nest monastery, Paro |

Young monks – Paro dzong |

Rhododendrons in central Bhutan |

Tang valley village |

Tang valley – the Tang Chu (river) |

Para dzong from the cantilever bridge |

A Bhutanese yak |

Protective symbol on Bhutanese house |

The Himalayas in spring |

Karma, Jono, Jill and Sonam in Bhutan |
India
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A crowded day at theTaj |

Agra railway porters |

Dancer, Jodphur fort |

Dawn beside the Taj |

Early morning Taj Mahal |

Fatephur Sikri |

Jaipur bazaar |

Jodphur fort guard |

Jodphur resident |

Samode Palace, near Jaipur |

Saris, Jaipur |

Schoolgirls, Jaipur |

Storks, Bharatpur |

Sunrise near the Taj |

The Taj Mahal |

Udaipur garden |

Udaipur sunset |
Iran
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Rayen citadel near Kerman |

Princes Garden, near Kerman |

Husseini, Yazd |

Windtower, Yazd |

Khaju Bridge, Isfahan |

Mosque detail, Isfahan |

Dome of Lotfollah mosque, Isfahan |

Persian tile |

Reza in Isfahan |

Imam Khomeini Square, Isfahan |

Imam Khomeini Mosque, Isfahan |

Jill with Nasdaran, Reza’s sister |

Naqsh-e-Rostan, Shiraz province |

Gate of All Nations, Persepolis |

Persepolis |
Jordan
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Jordanian band – Jerash |

Columns, Jerash |

Jerash in spring |

Jordan landscapes |

Chariot racing, Jerash |

The Treasury, Petra |

The Treasury Petra |

Guards outside the Treasury |

The pink rock of Petra |

Natural rock art, Petra |

Petra |

View of the theatre |

Harbi above Petra |

High above Petra |

Royal tombs, Petra |

Mosaics, Byzantine tomb, Petra |

The Siq, water channels, Petra |

The Siq |

Harbi above Petra |

Petra from the High Place of Sacrifice |

Wadi Rum |

Ahmad, right with friend |

Young camel |

Camel training |

Wadi Rum |

With Ahmad on top of the rock bridge |

The rock bridge |

Saladin’s Castle, Farun Island Red Sea |

Sunset over the Dead Sea |

River Jordan at Bethany Beyond the Jordan |

Greek Orthodox Church at Bethany Beyond the Jordan |

Baptism site (current) River Jordan |
Libya
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Arch of Septimus Severus, Leptis Magna |

Leptis Magna ruins |

Leptis Magna market |

The ruins of Sabratha beside the Mediterranean |

The Roman Theatre, Sabratha |

Statues, Tripoli’s Jamahiriya Museum |

Metalworke in the Tripoli souk |

Qasr al Haj (grain store) |

Shoe maker, Ghadames
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Ghadames |

Interior of traditional Ghadames house |

The Sahara |

Apollonia |

Knightsbridge Commonwealth War Cemetery, Tobruk |

Detritus of war, Rommel’s bunker, Tobruk |

Algeria Square, Tripoli |
Russia
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Cathedral of St Peter and Paul, St Petersburg |

Christmas decorations, St Petersburg |

Church near Vladimir |

Sleigh ride |

Decorations on Nevsky Prospekt St Petersburg |

Russian children at the Kremlin |

Typical Russian country house |

Horse drawn sleigh at Suzdal |

Misha drilling hole for ice fishing
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Rashid and Misha celebrating an ice-fishing catch |

Silver birches on ice |

Roadside salesman near Moscow |
Syria
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Umayyad Mosque, Damascus |

Treasury Umayyad Mosque, Damascus |

Christian quarter, Damascus |

Damascus souk |

Krak des Chevaliers |

Marqab Castle |

Noria (waterwheels) Hama |

Beehive houses, northern Syria |

Apamea |

Apamea cardo |

St Simeon |

St Simeon |

St Simeon |

Anemone, St Simeon |

Wild flowers, St Simeoon |

Aleppo citadel |

Aleppo souk |

Euphrates River |

Hubble-bubble beside Lake Assad |

Poster of President Bashar al-Assad |

The way to Iraq |

Tomb tower interior Palmyra |

Palmyra ruins |

Temple of Bel, Palmyra |

Cardo, Palmyra |

Palmyra |

Ahmad’s camel |

Sunset over Palmyra |

Mohammad, me, Ahmad, the King of the Desert and anonymous friend in foreground |

Bedouin tent |

Syrian family |

Syrian kids |

Family patriach
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Uzbekistan
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Young Khiva dancer |

Khiva dancer |

Minaret - Khiva |

Minarets - Khiva |

Registan, Samarkand |

Tiles - Samarkand |

Timur's tomb - Samarkand |
Other Photos
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Ashgabat Turkmenistan |

Baku |

Carpet salesladies Turkmenistan |

Caucasus gentians |

Azeri musician |

Dancer -Kryrgzstan |

Gargoyle Prague |

Georgia |

Georgian church |

Horse games, Kryrgzstan |

Himalayas in central Bhutan |

Almaty Kazakstan |

Kryrgz boy |

Kryrgz dancer |

Angel Prague |

Vladimir Russia |

Mt Ararat from Armenia |

Mt Kazbegi, Georgia |

Negotiations - Turkmen-style |

Prague busker |

Prague cathedral |

Prague |

Tblisi, Georgia |

shopper - Turkmenistan |

Turkmen woman |

Turkmen
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Palmyra, Syria, from left Mahmud, me, Ahmad, the King
of the Desert and an unknown man in the foreground! |

Turkmen capital |