Kurve

Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 2003: Heraklion, (or Iraklion) is the capital of Crete and the fourth largest city in Greece. The city has had many rulers and been known by many names. For centuries under Venetian rule it was called Candia. The Ottomans who famously besieged it for 24 years (the longest siege in history) called […]

Bus from Aleppo

Aleppo, Syria, 2005: It took a while to figure out the right mini-bus to take to Tartus on the coast- with a little help from a local. I’d just spent a few days in Aleppo, the largest city in Syria (and the Levant )and one of the oldest inhabitated cities in the world. Aleppo was […]

Ohrid men

Ohrid, Macedonia, 2002. A trio of men fish at Ohrids wharf. Ohrid is situated on the shores of Lake Ohrid in the south of the Republic of Macedonia, near the border with Albania… I stayed with a local family for the few days I was there, they were incredibly hospitable. This small and picturesque lake-side […]

Rhodes

Rhodes, Greece, 2003: Red poppies line the massively fortified walls of Rhodes city. In spring 2003 I landed in Rhodes after being stranded on Crete for days due to heavy seas. A wild 12 hour ferry ride in still rough seas (you know it’s not normal when even the locals look worried) got me to […]

Temple boy

Angkor, Cambodia, 2001: Met this boy while visiting one of the out-lying temples at Angkor. This was way before the present day mass tourism to Siem Reap and nearby Angkor Wat. He and about 10 other boys seemed to be residing within the temple complex itself , making a living guiding the few tourists who […]

dubrov dog

Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2002: Canon EOS 100/Canon EF 75-300 USM III

red pier

Lake Ohrid, Macedonia, 2002: Placid Lake Ohrid in the south of Macedonia contrasted dramatically at the time with the in-house Albanian insurgency happening in the west- not to mention the situation next-door in Kosovo… Canon EOS 100/Canon EF 75-300 USM III

Calesh

Luxor, Egypt, 2005: One of the few real tourist things I did while in Egypt was take a horse drawn carriage (calesh) from Luxor center to Karnak (5-10 mins). And that was only cause this guy was cool and didn’t hassle us like the other calesh drivers- and because we had been doing so much […]

metmirror

Meteora, Greece, 2005: Canon EOS D30/Sigma 17-35