
Extracting the silk threads785 viewsThe silk maestro demonstrates how the dissolving cocoons yield their threads.
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Sales Pitch785 viewsWonderful wares for tourists richer than me.
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Stone Ramp785 viewsThe dimly-lit passageway from the upper gallery to the ground floor.
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Red Star Taco Bar785 viewsAn appropriate name and marquee for an eatery just across the street from Lenin Plaza. Lenin would probably have liked tacos.
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Green Threads784 viewsAl Treder watches as the dyemaster pulls a skein of thread out of the green vat.
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A Forest of Masts784 viewsThe fortifications guarding the Old Harbor provide a perfect backdrop for the crowded marina below.
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Roman Architecture784 viewsIn contrast to the Theater at Aspendos, the Side theater was built in the Roman style rather than the Greek, because in Side there was no Acropolis - the Greeks liked to build their amphitheaters into hillsides.
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Pre-Totality 6784 viewsAnd Baghdad darken and the bridge
Across the silent river gone
And through Arabia the edge
Of evening widen and steal on
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Blue Mosque - Fountain and Minaret784 viewsOne of the six minarets of the Blue Mosque towers over the fountain in the forecourt of the Mosque.
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First Glimpse of Hagia Sophia784 viewsMarvin and Attila contemplate Hagia Sophia through the frame of a gateway to the forecourt of the Blue Mosque.
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Urn784 viewsThe shop's inventory was divided between nautical, abstract, floral and terrestrial designs, with abstract motifs probably the most common.
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Local Color784 viewsIn the 1970s and 80s the Istiklal side streets were notorious for their bars and bordellos, but then gentrification set in; we saw plenty of bars and pubs, but no evidence of any bordellos.
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