Was one of Italo Calvino's invisible cities white, yet dirty?... Well, no matter; here it is — in old Jeddah.
Barricades of this kind are a common site, and a constant reminder of living with a real threat of terrorism.
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pangaea stone
postings
- 01. pangaea
- 02. nighttime in al balad
- 03. flash floods
- 04. jeddah backstreets
- 05. al kournaish
- 06. welcome to jeddah... watch your step
- 07. night finds
- 08. ghost city
- 09. suzuki: the cherished "modern donkey"
- 10. open-air art museum
- 11. ummm
- 12. laundry guy
- 13. protecting "women's privacy" in every possible way
- 14. another flood
- 15. (commercial) oasis
- 16. tumbleweed
- 17. arabesque
- 18. fish market
- 19. curiosity of children
- 20. makkah (mecca)
- 21. at the red sea
- 22. daytime in al balad
- 23. they're just friends
- 24. goodbye jeddah
- 25. hello jeddah
- 26. gotcha!
- 27. sand storm
- 28. barrel of monkeys
- 29. between mountains and minarets
- 30. holy sites
- 31. prophet's mosque
- 32. giza
- 33. mother of the world
- 34. islamic cairo
- 35. al azhar park
- 36. earth monument 1
- 37. haram plaza
- 38. al ula
- 39. madain saleh
- 40. earth monument 2
- 41. city of seven hills
- 42. roman jerash
- 43. petra
- 44. earth monument 3
- 45. dead sea
- 46. great syrian desert
- 47. designer abaya
- 48. adding to the suzuki legacy
- 49. beirut
- 50. impossible possibilities
- 51. istanbul
- 52. hagia sophia
- 53. interlude 1
- 54. a terrace with a view
- 55. göreme
- 56. monastery
- 57. fairytale mornings
- 58. uchisar
- 59. earth monument 4
- 60. exploring cappadocia
- 61. al madinah al manawwarah (the enlightened city)
- 62. luxor
- 63. over the valley of the kings
- 64. unsettling discovery
- 65. temples
- 66. cairo... once more
- 67. pyramids (contextualized)
- 68. street crossing
- 69. coat of arms
- 70. al hada
- 71. al balad souk
- 72. hug me al balad
- 73. baboons of taif
- 74. goodbye, again
- 75. interlude 2
- 76. casablanca
- 77. mosque hassan ii
- 78. fes
- 79. sound of architecture
- 80. where time stands still
- 81. olive road
- 82. moulay idris
- 83. maknes
topics
- al balad (5)
- al kournaish (3)
- amman (1)
- beirut (1)
- cairo (4)
- cappadocia (7)
- casablanca (2)
- details (9)
- dubai (1)
- earth monuments (4)
- egypt (11)
- fes (2)
- giza (3)
- istanbul (2)
- jeddah (16)
- jerash (1)
- jordan (6)
- luxor (4)
- madain saleh (2)
- madinah (5)
- makkah (1)
- morocco (7)
- observations (10)
- petra (2)
- reflections (2)
- saudi arabia (45)
- taif area (2)
- the land (6)
- turkey (10)
About Me
- peter
- Toronto, ON, Canada