All Eyes on Abu Dhabi

Went to the award ceremony for the 2009/10 Office of the Brand of Abu Dhabi photography competition. It was held at the OTT Emirates Palace Hotel (where one of their Valentine's Day packages is a mere 28 grand. Per night.) and had a Cirque du Soleil-style quartet to serenade the canapes. This shot got 2nd prize... ... and this one appears in the coffee-table book: The other winning entries can be seen here.

Winnipeg

No frozen horse cadavers but lots of icy roads. Still getting over the jet-lag but this sums up some of the travel. Will post something better when I wake up fully. On a side note, just found out that I've been posting the wrong email address since ... forever. Fixed it.

Al Ain Outskirts

Last post before the winter hols. Wanted to take a shot of the small mosque near my house and came across some empty grocery stores, Omani hills in the background...

On the Road to the East Coast

En route to the dive sites in the Gulf of Oman... Mosque, garage, food stall, bus stop, reclaimed land development ...

Summer Party

A recent find from last summer's batch from a village near Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria... Going to Canada next week, going to be darn cold, hope the camera survives...

Shobak Castle

A few more from November 2009, a C.12th Crusader castle in Jordan.

Monsoon in Oman

The first green Salalah photos. Hard to believe this is still the Arabian peninsula...

Jordan

Some snapshots from Petra... Not as intricate as the rock cut temples at Ellora, India, but the scale of this site was awesome...

View from Jebel Sumaini

Here's one from this morning's hike across the border, just outside Buraimi. Rainclouds made for interesting light but a short stay on the summit. I haven't finished going through the photos from Salalah, Oman, and I just got back from Jordan so there's a backlog of pics to sort through. It'll take some time ....

South Oman

Two more from Mirbat, Salalah.

On the Way to Job's Tomb

Felix Arabia Windows

One more from the town of Mirbat in Salalah, Oman.

Wadi Dhirbat

Very wet, very green, even in B&W.

Salalah, Eid '09 (cont)

Lucky to catch the wet season in the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula in Dhofar. Long, flat drive across gravel plains (see yesterday) ended in some great scenery. Mirbat had some great dilapidated frankincense-merchants mansions and carved doors.

Liwa Dunes

A late arrival from the trip to The Empty Quarter last April

Road Trip

The first shots from our road trip down to Salalah last Eid. I'll be posting more later.

On the Edge of Town

A couple of shots from Thursday morning on the outskirts of Al Ain.

Bulgarian Summer

A few photos from this summer, in and around Veliko Tarnovo.

Veliko Tarnovo

The Road to Zlataritsa

Summertime

It's getting hot in Al Ain, too hot, looking forward to the hols and more of this ....