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Date	Country	Title
1999 10 27	Turkey	Istanbul -- with Kemal, the chain-saw importer
1999 10 30	Turkey	In Trabzon
1999 10 30	Turkey	Selvi and Ayöeg¸l at Sumela
1999 11 01	Turkey	Snow on the mountains behind Erzurum -- Metin, me, Selvihan
1999 11 01	Turkey	Selvi's German teacher Ahmet with his wife and children
1999 11 02	Turkey	Ibrahim and Yener drinking top-class Agran in Erzurum
1999 11 02	Turkey	Pasinler/Hasankale -- Yener and Selvi
1999 11 02	Turkey	Ibrahim
1999 11 02	Turkey	Ayöeg¸l - singing amazingly with the professional musicians
1999 11 08	Turkey	Kemal, owner of Peri Pansion in Gˆreme
1999 11 12	Turkey	Sevgi M¸tl¸, who showed me Bursa
1999 11 20	Turkey	Deir El Zaferan Syrian Orthodox Monastery Church, with the Kurdish bus conductor Musa who persuaded me to go there
1999 11 21	Turkey	My companions at Urfa (Edessa) bus station
1999 11 24	Syria	My guide Waleed and his amazing car outside Baron's Hotel
1999 12 02	Jordan	Ali and Atiug warm up the next morningÖ
1999 12 02	Jordan	Alexa and Rachel with our camel controllers
1999 12 02	Jordan	At Wadi Rum village - nieces and nephews of Ali, our desert guide
1999 12 02	Jordan	Rachel, Jemal's parents, me; two young friends, Jemal's son Mohammed, brother Mohammed, brother Abdullah, and sister Sara
1999 12 02	Jordan	Eed (15) and his brother Musa (6) playing gitar
1999 12 03	Jordan	Stopping for coffee at 7.30 a.m. en route to Kerak
1999 12 03	Jordan	Jemal in his uncle's olive grove about to cook us a fine meal
1999 12 14	Lebanon	With Ahmed Mubarak
1999 12 16	Syria	Epta'a -- Zaydan and Ahmed ready for school
1999 12 16	Syria	Qassim with his 104-110-year-old grandfather
1999 12 16	Syria	Qassim with four of his 9 brothers and sisters in law
1999 12 16	Syria	Mohammed, Qassim's shy son
1999 12 16	Syria	Mohammed's 2 1/2 year old auntie, Rahaf, happy at home
1999 12 16	Syria	Me with some of Qassim's cousins, about to break the fast sumptuously
1999 12 17	Syria	Eating before dawn during Ramadan (yogurt, tomato, cheese, halva, tuna and jam)
1999 12 22	Jordan	Abdullah, Jemal's youngest brother
1999 12 22	Jordan	Me and Aziza, made up ‡ la Jordan -- hairspray galore!
1999 12 24	Jordan	Ali on a rock
1999 12 31	Egypt	Kim and I made it to the top!
2000 01 07	Jordan	Ahoud, Ali's niece, aged 1
2000 01 07	Jordan	Ali's sisters Alia and Meliha with their niece Houda
2000 01 07	Jordan	Ali and his brother Atiug skin the sheep for celebrating the feast of Eid al-Fitr
2000 01 07	Jordan	Meliha, Rabia and Atiug get the TV ready for a post-prandial dose of Jordan's favourite drama!
2000 01 07	Jordan	M'salem, Ahoud and Ali all smart for the festival
2000 01 07	Jordan	Some of Ali's nieces and nephews -- dressed up too!
2000 01 07	Jordan	Wrapped up warm for the TV show
2000 01 07	Jordan	Jamila making bread
2000 01 25	Iran	Chantal, Nima, me and Mrs Jafferi in Emam Khomeini Square
2000 01 25	Iran	Chantal with Navid and Nima Jafferi in Imam Khomeini Square
2000 01 25	Iran	Nima inside the Masjed-e-Emam
2000 01 25	Iran	Navid and Nima in their car
2000 01 27	Iran	Zahra-Gul admires her first birthday cakeÖ.
2000 01 27	Iran	Ö.and soon she tucks in
2000 02 02	Iran	Being fed by friendly Iranians yet again, in Kerman -- Shiva and Amir Zendehdel
2000 02 17	Turkmenistan	My first Turkmen teachers, Marat and Wilmarat, on the train to Mary
2000 02 18	Turkmenistan	My driver and some fairly ferocious beasts, near Merv!
2000 02 19	Turkmenistan	Bater Bairamov --- my compartment companion in the train to Charjou
2000 02 19	Turkmenistan	The Russian ladies at Charjou station
2000 02 19	Turkmenistan	Turkmen Extorters on the train to Bukhara
2000 02 19	Turkmenistan	The ladies who protected me from Uzbek extortion on the Charjou-Bukhara train!
2000 02 20	Uzbekistan	The family that befriended me in Bukhara
2000 02 20	Uzbekistan	With Farhod, dressed in traditional Uzbek finery
2000 02 20	Uzbekistan	Fardaus, Farhod, and Linda their dog
2000 02 20	Uzbekistan	Lunchtime with Fardaus and his family in Bukhara
2000 02 20	Uzbekistan	Fardows & Farhod outside Bukhara's 'Ark' (citadel)
2000 02 25	Uzbekistan	My driver, en route to Shakrisabz from Samarkand
2000 02 25	Uzbekistan	Three men who gave me tea & bread at the Khazrati-Imam Mosque, Shakrisabz
2000 02 29	Uzbekistan	Juje Luba, our driver, and his father at lunch on the road from Tashkent to Kokand
2000 03 02	Uzbekistan	The SWEET brothers who insisted on looking after me in their shop at Vakil bus station (plus a hanger-on)
2000 03 03	Uzbekistan	In Ferghana --- Nigora (on MY left) and her family, with what's still left of a fine meal
2000 03 05	Kyrgyzstan	In Osh with Anastasia and Pauli --- Russian-speaking Korean Kyrgyz
2000 03 10	Kyrgyzstan	Jalil, my Kyrgyz Kyrgyz acquaintance in Karakol
2000 03 11	Kyrgyzstan	My guides after our lounge in the hot springs bath-house
2000 03 12	Kyrgyzstan	Off the path the snow was deep! (Altyn Arashan, Kyrgyzstan)
2000 03 21	China	With Memet's girlfriend Sofya (grey sweater) and her family in ‹r¸mqi
2000 05 04	China	The young man who helped me get my train ticket back to Beijing
2000 06 17	China	My first western meal for months and months - with Kath and John, our host in Qingdao
2000 07 03	China	With Xiao Hong, the peasant who welcomed me and showed me round town
2000 07 03	China	Xiao Hong with her younger son, her mother, and a niece in my hotel lobby
2000 07 04	China	Stretching our legs at the mountain pass
2000 07 04	China	Zhong Ma ('middle-sized Mr Horse') shows the Beijinger how to work Yak-skin bellows
2000 07 05	China	Back at the camp, the video camera grabs attention after dinner
2000 07 05	China	Round the camp fire: Noreen and Kurt (John Hearn, your doppelganger!)
2000 07 05	China	Round the camp fire: Da Ma (Big Mr Horse), Xiao Ma (Mr baby Horse) and XXX
2000 07 06	China	Before my group returned to Songpan and Mike Susan and May went into the park the next morning
2000 07 06	China	Boiling water for smoked 'horse' tea at lunchtime
2000 07 06	China	Mr Ha's lovely children and a neighbouring boy
2000 07 06	China	Mr Ha and his daughter
2000 10 05	Mongolia	With the lady who looked after us in the countryside
2000 10 05	Mongolia	With our horse guide
2000 10 05	Mongolia	Three children who live at Manzhusir Khiid
2000 10 05	Mongolia	Little girl
2000 10 05	Mongolia	Elder brother
2000 10 05	Mongolia	With the little girl and all the Mongolian Edelweiss she had brought me
2001 01 21	China	Michelle's foot, and one of the amazing acupressure masseuses
2001 01 23	China	With Jing Yuan Yuan (Catherine) and her parents, eating jiaozi with vinegar and garlic just after midnight
2001 01 23	China	Catherine's father letting off firecrackers out of the stairwell window
2001 01 24	China	On the frozen river, at 'Ice World' --- a snow camel!
2001 02 07	China	The little boy who showed me around Labrang
2001 02 08	China	The two monks investigate technology!
2001 02 08	China	Zha Xi's friend writes some Tibetan words for me
2001 02 09	China	Helen with the monk who opened up the temple for us at Jianzha
2001 02 09	China	Zha Xi Sang Bo outside the temple of his former monastery
2001 02 09	China	Zha Xi Sang Bo and the monk who held the keys to the temple in the morning sunlight
2001 02 09	China	Zha Xi Sang Bo, the welcoming Buddhist monk I met on a bus
2001 02 10	China	With Li Guo and Chu Gu (their names in Chinese), two members of the Tibetan family I met
2001 02 10	China	The Tibetan family at Xining bus station, about to wave me off
2001 02 15	China	Best friends (one Uighur, one Han) who spoke lovely clear Mandarin, and showed me the way to the Tomb of the Muslim Kings
2001 02 20	China	With the mother and daughter who ran a restaurant in Kuqa and fed me for free
2001 02 20	China	The son at the restaurant was in charge of the 'kao baozi'
2001 02 24	China	The man on the right, with his friend, showed me round Yengisar and to this knife-seller
2001 02 26	China	Ali looks back as we ride the planes in the park
2001 02 26	China	With Ali Shiatr, an eleven year old who befriended me on my last evening in Kashgar
2001 03 02	Kyrgyzstan	Asel and her friend try on 'new clothes' - my sleeping bag and sleep-sheet!
2001 03 03	Kyrgyzstan	Asel with her favourite group of students
2001 03 03	Kyrgyzstan	Jalil and Asel in Karakol bus station
2001 03 03	Kyrgyzstan	Asel and I at the turn-off for Tepke
2001 03 03	Kyrgyzstan	With the Ibraevs' aunt Tamara and her friend
2001 03 04	Kyrgyzstan	Asel beside the river in Tepke
2001 03 04	Kyrgyzstan	With Asel and her mother we visited some relatives and were given a feast!
2001 03 04	Kyrgyzstan	At the home of Mr Ibraev's childhood friend
2001 03 05	Kyrgyzstan	On the Eid Asel, Aijamal and I visited the home of their cousins - more food!
2001 03 19	Kyrgyzstan	Kolye chops wood beside the woodpile that I had helped him stack
2001 03 20	Kyrgyzstan	Tepke village school's history teacher entertains us by playing the kumys
2001 03 21	Kyrgyzstan	On the morning of Norruz, with Mr and Mrs Ibraev and Asel, I visited the home of the headmaster (un-hatted)
2001 03 21	Kyrgyzstan	I'm in this Norruz family photo
2001 03 21	Kyrgyzstan	I took this portrait of one Ibraev family branch during a break from Norruz games outside
2001 03 21	Kyrgyzstan	Aijamal, Asel, Kolye and Kara-ala (the dog - 'Patch') in evening light in their garden in Tepke
2001 03 23	Kyrgyzstan	Eating a farewell turkey with the Ibraevs in their Karakol flat
2001 03 24	Kyrgyzstan	Clara, Kolye and Aijamal carried my bags and saw me off at the bus station
2001 04 01	Malaysia	Ben Thorpe and Ollie Tay before climbing the steps to the Batu Caves
2001 04 01	Malaysia	Liew Tongxue took us all out to dinner for Malay Chinese food!
2001 04 02	Malaysia	With Mr and Mrs Liew and their son, before heading to the airport
2001 07 11	Kyrgyzstan	Helen and Jazgul in Karakol
2001 07 12	Kyrgyzstan	Everyone helps to skin the sheep for dinner on my first night back in Tepke
2001 07 12	Kyrgyzstan	Tepke: Jazgul helps her father skin the sheep on my first evening back
2001 07 12	Kyrgyzstan	With the Ibraevs on my first evening in Tepke in the summer
2001 07 12	Kyrgyzstan	The dinner party held on my first evening back in Tepke with the Ibraevs
2001 07 13	Kyrgyzstan	Shapak baby
2001 07 13	Kyrgyzstan	Shapak dinnertime
2001 07 13	Kyrgyzstan	Helen on a horse in Shapak
2001 07 13	Kyrgyzstan	Shapak son no. 5
2001 07 13	Kyrgyzstan	Shapak son no. 6 with his cousin from next door
2001 07 13	Kyrgyzstan	Shapak boys in their potato patch
2001 07 13	Kyrgyzstan	Back from our ride round Shapak
2001 07 13	Kyrgyzstan	Shapak: skinning the goat
2001 07 14	Kyrgyzstan	Leaving Shapak
2001 07 15	Kyrgyzstan	Jalil with fish in Bishkek
2001 07 18	Kyrgyzstan	Asel beside the Jurghalan River in summertime
2001 07 18	Kyrgyzstan	Kolye relaxes by the river
2001 07 18	Kyrgyzstan	Kolye in the Jurghalan
2001 07 19	Kyrgyzstan	Kolye and Kara-ala
2001 07 20	Kyrgyzstan	Alexa and rabbit with the Ibraevs and Macsat's mother
2001 07 21	Kyrgyzstan	Jalil, Pascal, Alexa and Akulbek round the campfire in the jailoo
2001 07 22	Kyrgyzstan	Akulbek in the Kyrgyz jailoo
2001 07 23	Kyrgyzstan	Riding from a young age
2001 07 23	Kyrgyzstan	Shepherd family in the jailoo
2001 07 23	Kyrgyzstan	Extended shepherd family in the jailoo
2001 07 23	Kyrgyzstan	Shepherd daughters
2001 07 24	Kyrgyzstan	Shepherd children on their horses
2001 07 24	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyz shepherds: their summer home, but not their car
2001 07 26	Kyrgyzstan	Asel looking elegant on the shores of Issyk Kul
2001 07 26	Kyrgyzstan	Asel having a mechanical massage at the 'Kyrgyz Seaside' resort
2001 07 26	Kyrgyzstan	Clara and Asel eat watermelon on the beach
2001 07 27	Kyrgyzstan	Eating plov with Asel, Clara, Ayjamal and their parents
2001 07 28	Kyrgyzstan	Enjoying Beshparmak: Asel and I
2001 07 28	Kyrgyzstan	Enjoying Beshparmak: Middle-aged men
2001 07 28	Kyrgyzstan	Enjoying Beshparmak: Middle-aged women (with Asel)
2001 07 28	Kyrgyzstan	Enjoying Beshparmak: Young women
2001 07 28	Kyrgyzstan	Enjoying Beshparmak: Young men
2001 07 28	Kyrgyzstan	Kolye in the Ibraevs' laden apricot tree
2001 07 28	Kyrgyzstan	The Ibraevs' neighbour with her daughter
2001 07 28	Kyrgyzstan	With Mr Ibraev's old classmates on my last evening in Tepke
2001 07 28	Kyrgyzstan	Ibraev and Shapak cousins family portrait in the orchard, with me added
2001 07 29	Kyrgyzstan	Ibraevs watch TV
2001 07 30	Kyrgyzstan	Jalil and Asel say goodbye to their parents
2001 08 01	Kyrgyzstan	Asel on board our plane to Istanbul
2001 09 13	Iran	Zahra and Juje kebab
2001 09 14	Iran	Zahragul and Zahra on the speedboat
2001 09 17	Iran	Celebrating Abbas' 34th birthday
2002 01 04	Egypt	Hamdan our guide with Sheylann his camel before we head into the wadis
2002 01 04	Egypt	Hamdan, Sheylann and a Sinai wadi
2002 01 05	Egypt	Hamdan prepares our breakfast in bright morning light
2002 01 05	Egypt	While Hamdan makes the bread, I stay in my bed
2002 01 06	Egypt	Nanette and Helen with Ali (jeep) and Musa, our friends in Tarabin
2002 01 07	Jordan	Ali (Wadi Rum) with his son Waleed
2002 01 07	Jordan	Ali and his brother in law Mohammed tucking into mensaf
2002 01 10	Jordan	Little Alia and her niece Ahoud - now three years old!
2002 01 10	Jordan	Alia pulls her favourite lambs close in their penÖ.
2002 01 11	Jordan	Jamal's three boys - the fourth is on its wayÖ.
2002 01 11	Jordan	Jamal's sister Sara, brother Abdulla, and two nieces
2002 01 14	Syria	Barakat (grown up since two years ago), Rane, Ahmed, Zeydan, Rahaf, and two neighbours
2002 01 15	Syria	Qassim with some of his fellow teachers
2002 01 15	Syria	Rane, Ahmed, Zeydan, Rahaf and Bacarat - with malfouf
2002 01 16	Syria	Basal, Nadine, and Mohammed - children of Miriam - at home having lunch
2002 01 18	Syria	Qassim's father roasting coffee beans
2002 01 19	Syria	Rahaf eating chicken and rice
2002 01 19	Syria	Ahmed and Zeydan
2002 01 19	Syria	Mohammed and Ahmed, Qassim's first two sons
2002 01 19	Syria	Ranss
2002 01 19	Syria	Ibrahim
2002 01 19	Syria	Qassim with his youngest brother Youssef and his sons Mohammed and Ahmed
2002 01 19	Syria	Qassim's firstborn, Mohammed
2002 01 19	Syria	Qassim's friend Musa with his three children
2002 01 19	Syria	Musa's three little darlings
2002 01 19	Syria	Helen and Ibrahim
2002 01 19	Syria	Sleeping Itha, son of Ranss
2002 01 19	Syria	Gazing Usam, unusually not smiling
2002 04 04	Mongolia	Meeting Horolsuren guai for the first time - with Lhagva and Andaa, Bolortuya and Ikhbayer
2002 04 22	Mongolia	"Sisi Bobo" in the kitchen
2002 04 26	Mongolia	Horolsuren's grandson Gantolag (seated) and three friends - birthday buuz and icecream!
2002 05 06	Mongolia	Our vehicle was eventually heaved back onto the "road"
2002 05 06	Mongolia	Our host in her ger during the blizzardÖ.
2002 05 06	Mongolia	Ö while our inner tube was files and patched
2002 05 06	Mongolia	Mother and twin girls 1
2002 05 06	Mongolia	Mother and twin girls 2
2002 05 06	Mongolia	Another woman and children as we waited for our repairs and the weather to calm
2002 05 07	Mongolia	Mr Coal Mine - a breakfast of 'goulash' and whisky
2002 05 07	Mongolia	With my travel companions in the Gobi during twilight
2002 05 07	Mongolia	First wheelchange of the dayÖ
2002 05 08	Mongolia	Altai - at LAST! And our dirty vehicle and heroic driver
2002 05 08	Mongolia	Made it to Altai - after 63 hours!
2002 05 10	Mongolia	Beside Zorigt's lake in Halioun som
2002 05 10	Mongolia	Examining a leak in the piped irrigation
2002 05 10	Mongolia	Helen with the family that are Zorigt's chief new employees
2002 05 10	Mongolia	Zorigt's most important new employees in her agricultural venture in Halioun som
2002 05 22	Mongolia	My landlady, Horolsuren, performing
2002 05 26	Mongolia	Horolsuren's friend Altantuul playing the atuk
2002 05 26	Mongolia	Horolsuren sings one of Altantuul's compositions
2002 05 27	Mongolia	Andaa blows out four candles
2002 05 27	Mongolia	Bobo (left) and Sisi repapering the main room
2002 05 27	Mongolia	Cutting through the cream
2002 05 27	Mongolia	Tolga with his friend (Altantuul's grandson!)
2002 05 27	Mongolia	Birthday boy - four today
2002 05 27	Mongolia	"Sisi Bobo" in the kitchen on Aanda's birthday
2002 05 28	Mongolia	Mongolian mealÖ.
2002 05 28	Mongolia	Öall meat! - just bought a sheep
2002 08 09	Mongolia	The gers and daughter of Tsend-khoo's horse-herding friend: our hosts for the day
2002 08 09	Mongolia	One step closer to lunch: our host has made an incision and squeezed the sheep's heart till it stopped
2002 08 09	Mongolia	Before lunch we were taken for an exploration on a fine rocky outcrop
2002 08 09	Mongolia	Spread across a rock
2002 08 09	Mongolia	Grouped at the top of the rock above our hosts' winter pasture area
2002 08 09	Mongolia	Having eaten all the sheep's innards, we are entertained by Javzan's skills in complex drinking games
2002 08 09	Mongolia	Members of our host family
2002 08 09	Mongolia	Young rider
2002 08 12	Mongolia	Our driver Jugei stays in the shade - the temparature is over 90 degrees Fahrenheit!
2002 08 13	Mongolia	Zaya's kind and hospitable mine manager
2002 08 13	Mongolia	The final stage in the mining process is to pan sediment in this old bathtub - there's the gold!
2002 08 14	Mongolia	On our way to our first picnic: on the banks of the Yeruu river not far from Bugant
2002 08 14	Mongolia	Dad and Zaya at the spot where we had our second picnic of the day: this time high up
2002 08 14	Mongolia	The mine manager's son helped prepare the fire for our kebabs
2002 08 14	Mongolia	Zaya and her friend sing
2002 11 23	Syria	Makers of 'qitaif' - a Ramadan sweet
2002 11 25	Syria	Ibrahim before returning to his training school
2002 11 27	Syria	Qassim holding Odei, and Yousseff, on the upper roof of their home
2002 11 27	Syria	Ranss holds Thea'
2002 11 27	Syria	With Mrs Al Hariri as she bakes bread for the 'breakfast'
2002 12 03	Syria	Six of the Abu Kanoon cousins - and our amazing breakfast
2002 12 04	Syria	Khalil making his delicious date cookies
2002 12 04	Syria	Yum! Seffayeh for the final Ramadan breakfast
2002 12 05	Syria	Two Mohammeds on the first morning of Eid al Fitr
2002 12 05	Syria	Aiman with his uncle's Qassim and Yousseff
2002 12 06	Syria	Morning light on Epta'a on the second day of the Eid
2002 12 07	Syria	Ibrahim holding Usam and Thea', with Ranss
2002 12 07	Syria	Helen and Ibrahim in the garden
2002 12 07	Syria	Ibrahim with a niece and a nephew
2002 12 07	Syria	Brothers in bright morning sunshine
2002 12 07	Syria	Helen holding Usam
2002 12 08	Syria	The Greek Catholic 542 AD church of Mar Elias
2002 12 09	Syria	Haurani Wedding I: the groom's younger sister, dressed in the traditional clothing of older women
2002 12 09	Syria	Haurani Wedding III: Dancing men
2002 12 09	Syria	Musa's three little darlings are now four!
2002 12 10	Syria	Ibrahim's 111 year-old grandfather came to visit, having heard I was there
2002 12 10	Syria	Portrait time: Usam
2002 12 10	Syria	Portrait time: Thea'
2002 12 10	Syria	Portrait time: Odei
2003 02 12	Syria	Khalid and his niece Dua'a
2003 02 13	Syria	Khalid the younger
2003 02 13	Syria	Dad and Ibrahim chat, while Khalid, Ahmad, Mohammed and Basil pose
2003 02 21	Syria	Elizabeth and Ibrahim - sodden and freezing, outside the Umayyad mosque
2003 02 22	Syria	The rain took its toll in Epta'a - water levels were extremely high in the wadi, creating rushing rapids...
2003 02 24	Syria	Elizabeth is leaving, and Ibrahim is sad
2003 03 02	Syria	The waters have receded - and it is possible to cross the bridge again
2003 03 02	Syria	Helen and Ibrahim at the Wadi
2003 03 02	Syria	Ibrahim - smiling!!!
2003 03 04	Syria	Helen and Ibrahim near Damascus' old city
2003 03 04	Syria	We enjoyed our kaymak before visiting the Umayyad Mosque
2003 03 05	Syria	My third visit to Bosra was in glorious sunshine
2003 03 07	Syria	Yousseff and Ibrahim play their first ever game of sheshbesh - taught by NNL
2003 03 10	Syria	Helen and Ibrahim
2003 03 15	Syria	On my last trip to the Wadi, the water was right back down to pre-flood levels
2003 03 15	Syria	Yousseff cuts Ahmad Rashid's hair, while the ever chuckling Safa'a looks on
2003 03 17	Syria	Thea' holds his new baby brother, Kamal
2003 03 17	Syria	Portrait time at the Abu Kanouns: Wa'el
2003 03 17	Syria	Nadine and Tabarak, the sweetest little girls on earth
2003 03 17	Syria	Basil holds Wa'el high
2003 04 22	Thailand	Giang stands at a papaya salad stall in Chinatown - my favourite!
2003 04 22	Thailand	Giang and Helen - a quick supper before going to the airport

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