Here are some photos I took while in the Middle East recently. They were taken with a Canon S95, Nikon V1, Pentax K-01 and iPhone 4S.
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Very nice photos Andrew
Really, really cool photos. What did the security situation seem like in Beirut?
In terms of petty crime or assault, I felt safe in all parts of the city. I would not recommend that a young woman wander aimlessly (there or anywhere, for that matter). There were police and soldiers every 100 yards or so on most streets, almost all armed with assault rifles. The country’s intelligence minister was assassinated by a car bomb in late October so obviously not all is well. Most of the KFCs remained operational though.
OK if you got KFC you are civilized enough.
KFC, Burger King, McDonalds, Hardee’s, Baskin Robbins, Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts…heck, there was even a Dunkin Donuts in Syria.
Awesome. It’s nice to know as a nation at least we can still propagate fast food.
Nice photos. It’s amazing what the ancient peoples accomplished, and a shame that so little remains of it.
Wow. Thank you.
The Bacchus temple was my favorite when I visited and have to say your pics came out amazing, very cool keep up the awesome work.
All your photos are well thought out and composed beautifully, great job Andrew!
Excellent photo’s!
From the lips of an intrigued engineer… Your art is striking and beautiful. Thanks.
Thanks to you and everyone else for the compliments on the photos. I have been working to improve my photography skills lately and will continue to do so.
Very nice pics.
That place was once the Paris of the Mediterranean for a reason…. It’s gorgeous.
Nice photos!
Have you read P.J. O’Rourke’s piece about his trip to Byblos and Baalbek in Holidays In Hell?
It’s one of the best pieces he’s written.
How hard is it to get around and communicate in a country like that as an English speaker? I’m presuming here you don’t speak much Arabic or French?
Not very. Although few people spoke truly good English, I just used a map and got around fine.
Awesome photos. You’ve got a good backup career if needed…
Thank you sir.
They sure knew how to build back then. I wonder how many of our mega-structures will hold up to the ages as well as those temples?
The details in building were really amazing. Serialized column pieces, etc.
Nice collection of Historical pics…all these are priceless for us…we must protect these for our future generation aslo. Thanks Andrew:)