Tag: “Middle East”

37 photos found.

  1. Baalbeck

    Carving from the 3 millennium at the site of Baalbeck.

  2. Childhood Curiosity in the Church of the Nativity

    According to Christian tradition, it was in the grotto underneath this Bethlehem church that Jesus was born. Since the outbreak of the second intifada in 2000, few tourists have ventured to this Palestinian town to visit the church.

  3. I love those signs!

    On my way overland from Jordan to Syria, my driver stopped me at this shop to change money. It always makes me smile to look at the wording on that sign.

  4. Inside one of Zalatimo Brothers' shops

    Apart from the fresh pastries made daily, Zalatimo produce hand made chocolates and sugared almonds. Sugared almonds are an ancient tradition that dates back to the Roman Empire.

  5. Pastries displayed at Zalatimo Brothers in Amman, Jordan

    The shops are an attraction themselves. Large trays of neatly arranged pastries are placed on gleaming stands making the displays even more attractive.

  6. Faisaleh pastries

    Faisaleh pastries are made with a thin, thread like pastry which is shaped into triangles and filled with bright green pistachios. After baking they are dipped into syrup in the traditional middle eastern way.

  7. The Barren Beauty of Wadi Kelt

    Despite the impression one may get from watching the news, there are places in the Palestinian Territories both beautiful and friendly, even now. One of the finest hikes in the region is in Wadi Kelt, a canyon on the outskirts of the West Bank town of Jericho.

  8. Sweets from the Middle East

    A large tray of Baklava at one of Amman's sweet shops. Filled with pistachios and oozing with syrup, they are guaranteed to make you want more.

  9. Mitad del Mundo

    Equator in Ecuador.

    Close to the capital of Ecuador lays the equator, a line that devides the Northern hemisphere from the Southern.

    This line marks 'the centre of the world.

  10. Hotel Drushba

    Moldavian Hotel Drushba. Drushba means 'friendship' in Russian.