glass and silver teapot

more of the incredible lace-like stonework

pictures from Fez, Morocco

the fascinating (but incredibly smelly!) dye pits

adding some light relief with a return to Pakistan

Again in the Kalash Valleys, here the cook is making breakfast, which consisted of eggs, a local bread filled with walnut paste, and tea.

These final videos again show the huge crowds calling for the destruction of the regime, with some throwing missiles and burning tyres in the road.

Continuing night and day, with the protesters demanding civil rights and admonishing others to join their cause, these videos show the extent of the crowds and disruption to traffic.

Indicating how rapidly world situations can alter, this video was taken in Isfahan not long after my visit.

This one is different inasmuch as the people are calling for equality between the poor and the elite leaders of the country.

These four videos show the extent of the truckers strike with hundreds of parked vehicles, a convoy of empty trucks, an impassioned plea by a lady truck driver, and empty roads that are normally congested with a constant stream of vehicles ferrying crucial supplies.

             The quality of this video is poor, but it gives an indication of the large congregations.

Again featuring the old bazaar, here the people are condemning the Islamic Republic and issuing a final warning.

         tear gas was thrown into the street by this large contingent of police on motorbikes

                                            the demonstrations continued day and night

concluding my posts on the troubles in Iran

                    this short video again shows the crowd calling on the leaders to leave Syria

there were many beautiful doorways in Morocco, this one in the holy city of Moulay Idriss

an old doorway in an ancient alley

well-preserved second and third century Roman floor mosaics from the city of Volubilis

pictures from Morocco

lace-like ceiling detail on the King Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca

fruits in the market at Meknes were beautifully presented

also in the market were offal and goats' heads - garnished with greens!

mirror images were common

I could have watched the amusing antics of the penguins for hours. Confronted with a resting seal, these seemed to be contemplating what to do about the obstruction.

the interior of a typical house in the Kalash Valleys

Beds lining the walls also served as seating places, the stove was kept constantly burning, and shelves held household items.

beginning a series from my trip to Antarctica

detail on the pediment of a classical building in Buenos  Aires

Torres del Paine National Park in Chile

final pictures of Tunisia

Capitoline Temple in Dougga, framed by a free-standing doorway against a cloudless blue sky

water lying on the surface brought out the colour of this mosaic floor in Dougga

returning to Pakistan and photographs of ladies in the Kalash Valleys

Traditional dress was worn at all times, even whilst washing and tending cattle or cooking fires.

One lady was washing cups in the running water of a stream, the second was pictured outside her home.

continuing my pictures of Tunisia

market in Gasfa

photogenic ruins at Sbeitla

the ancient walled town of Tozeur in Tunisia

Fascinating patterns created with brickwork enhanced the walls, no two the same.

pictures from my Saharan safari

buildings gradually being reclaimed by the desert sands

windblown sculptures

market scenes in Douz, Tunisia

pictures of Tunisia from book 2

typical narrow alley in Kairouan, Tunisia 

mosaic in the Archaeological Museum, Sfax 

Bardo National Museum, Tunisia

this museum exhibited some of the best mosaics that I had encountered

even the walls featured exquisite stonework with the appearance of lace

Egypt could not function without donkeys!

solving the world's problems

baskets for sale

carving with colour from Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt