Tag: “City Hall East”

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  1. No Longer Full Of Hot Air.

    Mama--my Lebanese mother-in-law's--daily clothesline;
    on the back patio. Ballouneh, Lebanon.

    Just lounging in the breeze and warm Autumn sun.

  2. Byblos Boy & Dog, Byblos, Lebanon.

    A boy & his dog in the ancient souk of the historic port city of Byblos ("Jbeil," in Arabic), Lebanon.

    Byblos was the major hub of the Phoenician Empire, and where the modern English word for "Bible" is derived from.

  3. Politics as Usual.

    A police officer & food worker in a heated debate about--what else?--Lebanon's political future. The green painting on the wall is the symbol for the Amal Movement, a militant Shi'a Muslim political party (and notable force in the Lebanese Civil War).

  4. Man with Camel; Ba'albeck, Lebanon

    A man and his camel, Roman Temple Complex of Ba'albeck, Be'Qaa Valley, Lebanon.

    Nikon N65 SLR
    Nikon AF 28-80mm.
    Ilford HP5 400
    Negative Scan: Canon CanoScan 8800F

  5. Ho Chi Minh City Hall

    We randomly encountered City Hall while we were walking back to our hotel. It's a beautiful building, in the old French Colonial style, and was illuminated quite dramatically.

  6. Harissa, Lebanon

    Harissa (Arabic حريصا) is an important Lebanese pilgrimage site high above Jounieh, located at 650 meters altitude from the coast and 20 km distance from Beirut the capital city; the site is accessible either by a steep winding road or a nine-minute journey by a gondola lift, known as the "Téléférique". It attracts both pilgrims and tourists who want to enjoy views of Jounieh.

    The main site is a huge 15-ton bronze (and painted white) statue of Virgin Mary, known as Our Lady of Lebanon or Notre Dame du Liban/Harissa or Our Virgin of Lebanon, with her arms outstretched.

  7. Bluefield, West Virginia

    Nature's Air-Conditioned City

    (Provided by Wikipedia)

    The history of Bluefield begins in the 1780s, when two families settled in a rugged and remote part of what is now southern West Virginia, and built a small village with a mill, a church, a one-room schoolhouse, and a fort for defending the small settlement against invasions by the much larger Shawnee Indian tribe on the banks of the Bluestone River. The Davidson and Bailey family had to sell a portion of their land when in 1882, Captain John Fields, of the Norfolk and Western Railroad pioneered the area and began building a new railroad through the hills of Bluefield (named after the chicory flowers in the area that painted the landscape a purplish blue hue during the summer) and nearby Harman, Virginia.

    Underneath the feet of the Davidsons and Baileys lie the largest and richest deposit of bituminous coal in the world - the soft burning coal which was ripe for fueling the industrial machines of the developing world.

  8. Love In-Transit.

    Charles de Gaulle International Airport, terminal 4 (*If memory serves...). A woman holding her child, silhouetted against the rising morning sky.

    Shot in-transit/on layover, heading to Beirut from Los Angeles.

  9. Byblos Model?

    Tilt-Shift view of the ancient port city of Byblos (Jbeil), Lebanon. Viewed from the roof of the Crusader-era fortress overlooking the lucrative port (Mediterranean Sea).

    Byblos was THE city of the Phoenician Empire (credited with the creation of the modern alphabet), and where our modern English words for "Bible" & Bibliography" are derived from.

  10. Manege Militaire de Quebec

    The Manege Militaire, or Quebec City Armouries was a drill hall for the infantry regiment Les Voltigeurs de Québec. It was destroyed in a fire April 5, 2008.