Last days in Syria

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Only a few days left in Syria. I've just been wandering in circles again, doing nuffink usefull at all. And that was fine :-)
I took some pictures of a few kids the other day. Whereas in Europe a large bearded man photographing kids get chased by the police, in the Middle East everyone just enjoys the attention. After a few shots all the brothers and sisters were drummed up to have their photo taken, and before you know it you are surrounded by a screaming mass of children. The problem is not being allowed to photograph, it is being allowed to STOP photographing. Tears flowed as some thought there were not enough pictures of them, or they couldn't see properly... 8 pairs of tiny hands grabbing at my camera, run Forest run! It was all in good fun though, got some nice shots.
I also spent an evening photographing the alleys and small religous shrines in the Christian Quarter. There's lots of them dotted about the place, I think I only saw a fraction so far.

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Photos

Bus engine
Ooohhh... Moving bits and pieces!

Crybaby
Poor thing had had enough of all the shouting and screaming as well...

I want my picture taken
Or maybe not

The air
Has been conditioned

Cleaning Mecca
Even Mecca needs a little dusting off now and then

Mary 4
Ok, so that could actually be Jezus.... But it could have been Mary, really.

Comments

[Nico de Jong]

Mary
Hoi Ton, Mary 1, 3, 5 and 6 are blue and white, according to my dad they could not be Mary, but they are called Smurfin. Greetings, Nico

[Anat Keinan]

Hi Ton When I began to read your blog I felt how unlucky I am not being able to visit Siriya. (Well I imaging I can go in but not out...).Anyhow you convinced me not to be sorry. Desert and sand, sand and desert is like home so I donwt miss much. By See you Anat

[ArtVark]

It's not just sand...
Really, is there that much desert and sand in the blog? I thought I saw a lot more than that :-)

[ArtVark]

I think smurfs are smaller
But the resemblance is uncanny :-)