Hirakata #2

Around town this weekend ...

Autumn Colours

Yesterday in Kyoto ...

Reflections in Hirakata

It's been another slow month for taking photos; computer problems, rain, sloth. Here's one from up the road ...

Autumn Koi

The Black Cheese

My new mode of transport. Absolutely no street-cred whatsoever. Brand: "Fromage", twin turbo baskets and a dynamo light.

Hirakata #1

Early evening in Hirakata ...

Kamchia River

New job, new country, new WEBSITE - still not fully functional, still a bit of tweaking to do - check out the link on the right. Feedback most welcome ...

Black Sea Dawn

It's been a slow, slow summer for taking photos. Work on the new website is coming along at a glacial pace, life keeps getting in the way. Here's one from this morning ...

Packing

It's time to leave Al Ain, I've been busy packing and selling and shipping. Also been busy with a new WEBSITE - quite a steep learning curve but more on that later in the summer.

Border Oasis

Angry Building

Old Buraimi

I've been going across the border to Buraimi quite a lot recently. This is one of the few times I managed to get an interesting sky ...

Desert Fog

... (not much of a) view over Madah and the desert at dawn.

Two Locations

Two of these are from Buraimi, one from the perigee moon in March...

... the other is from woods near Mindya, Bulgaria.

Summertime

It's getting warmer. Thoughts turn to escaping the Gulf's summer heat. This one's from last summer; the (fishing?) pond near our house ...

Sunflowers

Al Ain is full of sunflowers at the moment, planted alongside roads and pavements with miles upon miles of irrigation hose. These, however, are from Bulgaria, which doesn't have a desert climate ...

Old Buraimi

A chance encounter on Google Earth led me to to this location, barely a 15 min drive from my flat ...

Heritage

More from across the border ...

Musandam Boats

Dawn Fog in Oman

View over Mahdah from the aerial tower ...

Buraimi

From this morning in Buraimi ...

And Back To Mraijeb

On the way home

Musandam in Colour

While the weather wasn't very cooperative, the dawn light was pretty weird ...

Cats on the Beach

Waiting for the fishing boats to come home ...

Musandam Mosques

Dhow & Cliff

Something a bit more colourful ...

Musandam Beach

Musandam, Oman

One from last weekend...

Al Ain Outskirts

More from Dubailand ...

The world's longest shadow?