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Turkey 2003

Five galleries of photos from Istanbul,
Çanakkale, Gallipoli, Troy, and the island of Bozcaada,
June 2003

Some Favourite Places

Photographs by Adam Jones

Series I: Just Deserts
Wadi Rum, Jordan (1995)
Siwa Oasis, Egypt (1989) (b & w)
The White Desert, Egypt (1989) (b & w)
Turfan Oasis, Xinjiang, China (1984)
Mosque at Turfan, China (1984)

Series II: Europe
Arbatskaya Metro, Moscow (1997)
Peter & Paul Fortress, St. Petersburg (1997)
Artillery Museum, St. Petersburg (1997)
The Kremlin, Moscow (1997)
17th-century Wall, Denmark (1997)
Christo Wraps the Reichstag, Berlin (1995)
Façade, Eastern Berlin (1995)
Vimy Ridge (1989) (b & w)
Moonrise: Oystermouth, Wales (1999)

Series III: Latin America
Copán, Honduras (1996)
Santa Fé de Antioquia, Colombia (1994)
El Retiro, Colombia (1994)
San Agustín, Colombia (1994)
Amazon Flora, Ecuador (1997)
Seventh Anniversary of the Nicaraguan Revolution (1986)
Street Scene, Puebla, México (2000)
Cathedral, Puebla, México (2000)
Dusk, Cholula, México (2000)

People

Series I
Cairo (1989)
Jiayuguan, China (1984)
Matagalpa, Nicaragua (1986)
Tierradentro, Colombia (1994)
Train to Santa Clara, Cuba (1998)

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The México Galleries

Images of life where I live ...

Gallery 1
Gallery 2
Gallery 3
Gallery 4

Countries I've travelled in

(visits shorter than two days are not included;
country's name as at time of visit.)

L = Lived
M=Multiple Visits

Argentina (M) - Australia (L) - Austria - Belgium - Bolivia - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Brazil - Canada (L) - China (People's Republic) (L) - Colombia (M) - Costa Rica - Croatia - Cuba (M) - Czechoslovakia - Denmark - Dominican Republic - Ecuador - Egypt - Fiji - France - Germany (West plus East Berlin) (M) - Greece - Guatemala - Haiti - Honduras - Hong Kong - Hungary - Indonesia - Israel/Palestine (West Bank & Gaza) (M) - Italy - Jamaica - Japan (M) - Jordan (M) - Malawi - Malaysia - México (L) - Mozambique - The Netherlands - New Zealand - Nicaragua (M) - Norway - Paraguay - Peru (M) - Poland - Romania - Russia - Singapore (L) - South Africa (L) - Spain - Swaziland - Switzerland - Syria - Thailand (M) - Turkey - United Kingdom (L) - United States (L) - Yugoslavia - Zimbabwe

Pit-Stops/Overnight/Transit
(but enough time to have some memories!)

Bulgaria - East Germany - El Salvador - Iceland - Macau - Pakistan (Karachi) - Zambia

The best of the best (that I've seen ...)

Most beautiful countries: Colombia, Guatemala, Yugoslavia. Most beautiful big cities: Cape Town (South Africa), Cartagena (Colombia), Copenhagen (Denmark), Havana (Cuba), Jerusalem (Israel/Palestine), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Prague (Czech Republic), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), San Francisco (U.S.A.), St. Petersburg (Russia) (link to photo), Vancouver (Canada). Most beautiful small cities/towns: Bruges (Belgium), Cachoeira (Brazil), Copán (Honduras), Dubrovnik (Croatia), Ribe (Denmark), Santa Fé de Antioquia (Colombia - link to photo). Most exciting big cities: Buenos Aires (Argentina), New York City (U.S.A.), Medellín (Colombia) on a Friday night, Sydney (Australia). Most boring big city: Amman (Jordan). Favourite Third World city: Cairo. Most magnificent sites/sights: Borobodur (Indonesia), Copán (Honduras), Tikal (Guatemala), Egyptian Museum (Cairo), Gold Museum (Bogotá), British Museum Manuscript Room (London). Most haunting: Armero (Colombia) (link to The Silence of Armero), Auschwitz-Birkenau (Poland), Hiroshima (Japan), the Somme (France) (link to No Man's Land). Best places you may never have heard of: Santa Fé de Antioquia (Colombia), Ribe (Denmark), Siwa Oasis (Egypt), Xinjiang (China).

Friendliest people: Haitians, Australians, Cubans; Jordanians/Palestinians (friendly to men only, unfortunately; over-"friendly" to women). Loveliest landscapes: Bosnia/Herzegovina, British Columbia, Cape of Good Hope, Quiché highlands (Guatemala), Xinjiang (western China). Most magnificent building: Qala'at al-Hosn/Crac des Chevaliers, 12^th-century Crusader castle, Syria (link to photo). Most attractive people: Cubans, Spaniards. Best food: Cairo, Hungary (never went hungary), Istanbul, Singapore, Vancouver. Worst food: Cuba. Best bread: Jordan, Turkey. Best beer: Cooper's Ale, South Australia. Best beers in countries where you wouldn't expect to find great beers: Amstel (Jordanian version), Club Colombia (brewed since 1889), Victoria (Nicaragua), Prestige (Haiti), Guinness Extra Stout (Malaysia), Sierra Nevada Pale Ale (U.S.A.). Greatest innovation in travel since the invention of the jet airplane: e-mail.

Cheapest country: Choose your hyper-inflationary situation: Nicaragua (1986), Poland (1989). Hyper-inflation aside: Egypt. Most expensive: Japan, Switzerland. Most overrated countries: France (the Côté d'Azur is a joke), Jamaica (psychopathic males). Most underrated: Australia, Colombia, Germany. Most countries visited in the space of 16 hours: Five (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Panama, Mexico -- thanks to the "milk run" on Lloyd Aereo Boliviano). Most polluted cities: Katowice (Poland); London, Mexico City. Cleanest: Singapore (nice place to live, wouldn't want to visit there). Places I can't believe I've never been: Canada more than about 200 miles north of the U.S. border; Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal, Barcelona excepted); the U.K. apart from England and two days in Wales; Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg -- went to the Artillery Museum instead; had a great time, took a photo or two).

Last, but not least:
Cherished travelling companions over lo! these many years
and time-zones ...

Mom&Dad&Craig, François et Sophie, Galactic Bunny, Lindsey, Marvin, Miriam, Sjors, Tomi and Karin, "Don Antonio," Wilburg. (If I've left you off the list, get in touch and complain personally -- it would be great to hear from you!)

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