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Dear all,

Now safely back from Turkey - the shock of going from around 37 degrees to less than 20 was almost too much for me! - I have now updated my Facebook album of Alexander pictures. There are now some pics from Aspendos, Phaselis, Termessos, Ephesus and Troy ... as well as picture taken as I was crossing the Hellespont, where I did, of course, pour a libation ...

(Paralus - I'll send you a couple of Gallipoli photos separately.)

ATB

Hi, Marcus, I would love to be able to look at your pics but as I don't have a Facebook account I don't seem to be able to access them (unless I'm being technologically challenged). Any chance of making some of them publically available, or reposting somewhere else?

You do get around some Marcus.

I look forward to the Gallipoli shots.

Alexias wrote:Hi, Marcus, I would love to be able to look at your pics but as I don't have a Facebook account I don't seem to be able to access them (unless I'm being technologically challenged). Any chance of making some of them publically available, or reposting somewhere else?

Hi Alexias, I thought that the album was open for anyone to view, but perhaps it isn't.

Apparently there's a problem with FB at the moment and I can't log on. When I am able to again I shall see if I can sort out the permissions and will be in touch!

ATB

marcus wrote:

Alexias wrote:Hi, Marcus, I would love to be able to look at your pics but as I don't have a Facebook account I don't seem to be able to access them (unless I'm being technologically challenged). Any chance of making some of them publically available, or reposting somewhere else?

Hi Alexias, I thought that the album was open for anyone to view, but perhaps it isn't.

Apparently there's a problem with FB at the moment and I can't log on. When I am able to again I shall see if I can sort out the permissions and will be in touch!

ATB

Well, I've just checked, and anyone should be able to view them. Perhaps it was to do with whatever problem I had logging on a few minutes ago?

BTW, I got hold of my replica of the Pergamum Head, at Ephesus. They came in different sizes (the largest being absolute life-size - decent price, but impossible to carry around and the shipping cost to the UK would have been silly), and there was a definite difference in quality - they got better as they got larger. I'm pretty happy with the one I got, although the hair is rather more bouffant than the actual Pergamum Head. (I also made sure I got one with the nose still broken, not wanting a 'reconstructed' one.)

ATB

marcus wrote: BTW, I got hold of my replica of the Pergamum Head, at Ephesus. They came in different sizes (the largest being absolute life-size - decent price, but impossible to carry around and the shipping cost to the UK would have been silly), and there was a definite difference in quality - they got better as they got larger. I'm pretty happy with the one I got, although the hair is rather more bouffant than the actual Pergamum Head. (I also made sure I got one with the nose still broken, not wanting a 'reconstructed' one.)

ATB

Fabulous. Definitely going to have to get one to complete my collection. I'll try the pictures later.

Hi Marcus, Great photos. Especially like the pics of Persepolis and tomb of Cyrus, statue of ATG, and Hellespont. Am seeing these through Android phone. Thus, very brief statements.

I always feel a little stalkerish whenever I view someone's Facebook photos without them knowing (yes, even when they post a link to said photos in a public forum), so this is just to say that 1) I've looked at your photos (phew! I feel a lot less stalkerish now) and 2) what amazing photos they were! Did you visit all these places as a tour, or are the photos from a number of separate journeys?

Best wishes,

Neneh

neneh wrote:I always feel a little stalkerish whenever I view someone's Facebook photos without them knowing (yes, even when they post a link to said photos in a public forum), so this is just to say that 1) I've looked at your photos (phew! I feel a lot less stalkerish now) and 2) what amazing photos they were! Did you visit all these places as a tour, or are the photos from a number of separate journeys?

Hi Neneh,

All visited at different times - if only I had had the money to do it all in one go!

Turkey - 1988, 2006, 2011
Lebanon - 2009
Egypt - 2003, 2004
Iran - 2008, 2009
Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan - 2008

And any I've missed ... somewhere amongst that lot.

I'm now waiting for the chance to go to Iraq and Afghanistan when there's a possibility of my making it back alive ...

ATB