Middle-East (Summer 1968): Turkey,
Iran, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon
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I traveled
around the Middle-East during the summer 1968. I first went to Istanbul by
train (from France). Then I traveled by bus through Turkey and Iran, by plane
from Abadan in southern Iran to Kuwait (a very short hop), and by bus through
Iraq, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. I flew back from Beirut to Paris. The
following pictures are from Turkey, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.
Click here
for pictures shot in Iran during this same trip and during two other trips in
1970 and 1974.
Turkey (1968 &
1970):
At the end of this set of photos I included photos
taken during another trip to Turkey in 1970.
Istanbul.
Haghia Sophia, Istanbul.
Blue Mosque,
Istanbul.
Entrance of Topkapi Palace with fountain of Ahmed III on the right,
Istanbul.
The Bosphorus.
On the ferry
across the Bosphorus
Towns and
villages in eastern Turkey.
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Mount Ararat.
The following photos were taken during another trip
to Turkey in 1970.
On the road
in eastern Turkey.
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Eski Beyazit (located above the town of Dogubayazit).
Slaughtering
goat and sheep on the shore of the Black Sea in northern Turkey (September
1970).
Kuwait:
Iraq:
In the
streets of Baghdad.
Jordan:
In Amman.
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Jerash.
Petra.
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Syria:
Street in Damascus.
Krak des Chevaliers.
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Lebanon:
Sidon′s
Sea Castle.
Baalbek
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Lebanon cedars on the slopes on Mount
Lebanon.
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