Weekly Photo Challenge: Family


Saudi family at a recent gathering of two tribes

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Window


Bottom section of one of the stained glass windows at St John’s Church, Knockainey, South West Ireland. In honour of deceased wife, husband and son.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Beginning


The start of the New Year’s Day walk at Lough Gur.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Joy


Sharjah animal market, November 2011. Eid holiday weekend.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: One


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Weekly Photo Challenge: Community (2)


Flamingo roost, Ras Al Khor, Dubai.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Community


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.

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Shisha. The Arabs love it!

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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 auction. The public buyers have a choice to get the fish cleaned and gutted by a team of men in green plastic coats in the market building, and also to have the fish cooked in a small fish cooking shop that makes its own spice mixes to suit the fish taste.

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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 rope, water and sand. As shown in the second pic.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Grand


The Monastery. Petra, Jordan.

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Temple Of Hercules. Amman, Jordan.

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Dubai belly dancer. At post desert safari bbq. All the belly dancers are non-local as would not be acceptable for local girls to perform by families or the local religion or culture. Many are East European.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Let there be light


Turkish Lamps. Global Village Market, Dubai.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Unexpected


At a Buddhist Temple, Kathmandu. October 2012.

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