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Grange Church: Christmas carol service. 22 December 2013.
Winter solstice at Grange Stone Circle, HX, Ireland. 21st December 2013.
On the anniversary of the one in Boston, a few shots from a tea plantation in Sri Lanka, from a few months back.
The HX community celebrate sunrise mass on the shores of local Lough Gur lake on 1st January 2010. After mass, the kids walk on the frozen lake while the adults tuck into the hot breakfast.
Morning all MB back in Dubai on visa run and little time on his hands for great compositions. MB recently informed you all that Dubai was recently awarded the World Expo in 2020, and there was much back slapping and high fives on account. Huge pride from the residents all over Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and the national flag now hangs from anything that…
The Temple Of Hercules at Amman, Jordan is illuminated at night by powerful floodlights at ground level, and being the highest point in the city is visible for miles around. The local kids, like kids the world over, couldn’t care less about historic temples, but use the lights to play night time football underneath the stone columns.
Wedding or Party halls are common in Saudi Arabia. Rent out the hall for your function, and organise your own catering. Some are quite grand.
Ajman Fisk Market, UAE. The majority of the fishermen come from India, from the state of Gujarat. The market takes place every Saturday afternoon and is a huge spectacle. The fish are sorted on the boat decks upon arrival at the port into baskets of similar type fish and then laid out on the yard for the traders to inspect & purchase by public…
The walls of the 12th century Crusader castle at Byblos, Lebanon. Byblos is considered the oldest continuously inhabited city/town in the world (at approx 8,000 years) and was founded by the Phoenicians. The castle walls are decorated with the columns of a former Greek (or Roman?) Temple which was demolished to make way for the castle. The stone columns of the temple were cut using a…
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