Khor Fakhan Port

Old City Souk, Damascus

Damascus

Busy going through photos from Syria. Damascus is one of my favourite cities; excellent food, authentic souks, lots of old doors - this was my last shot of the trip ...

Winnipeg B&W

Same image, B&W...

Al Ain a.m.

Getting too hot to sit outside ...

Winter Trees

Frost

One more from the winter break ...

At the Track

One from last week at the Al Ain race track ...

Blue & White

A few from Manitoba ...

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.