Palmyra sunset through the Roman column ruins

Writing a letter in the shade of a Roman column in Palmyra

Keeping out of the mid-day sun writing a letter and cooling off in the shade of a Roman column in Palmyra.

Palmyra ruins in the morning

Pirate duck takes in the Palmyra ruins

Me and the Palmyra ruins in the background at sunset

Actually in this picture the modern city is on the right and some ruins are on the left.

In this picture the ruins are on the right and the modern city is on the left.

Pirate duck enjoys strong Turkish coffee at an outdoor cafe in Bosra

Basalt Roman Columns in Bosra

Roman Ampitheatre in Bosra

Even Pirate duck enjoys the Bosra Ampitheare

Back to Damascus for the night

I saw this real cool looking old car in the Damascus souq. It would be great to drive this around Syria.

Me at the Krak des Chevaliers

Krak des Chevaliers

Amazing. I was a little disappointed in the restoration done in 1936, but it still was an amazing example of a Crusader castle.

Sculpture Garden of the Tartous Museum

Basalt Roman sculpture in the garden at the Tartous (Tartus) Museum

Detail of a Roman Sarcophagus at the Hama Museum

Hama Museum in Syria is small but definitely worth a visit.

Khan Rustam Pasha in Hama, Syria

Aleppo Souq

Aleppo Citadel

Aleppo Sitadel

Aleppo National Museum

Jebel Quassioun

Statue of Saladin in Damascus

Shrine of John the Baptist Umayyad Mosque

Ablutions Fountain Umayyad Mosque

Dome of the Treasury Umayyad Mosque

Damascus Souq

Roman statue at the National Museum, Damascus, Syria

Roman bathtub at the National Museum, Damascus, Syria

Solid granite

Qatar Foundation's big words program

Yes, I do...

Ory and the Doha, Qatar skyline November 2010

Visiting my old car in Qatar

Visiting friends in Qatar

Yotel at Heathrow

This is the bed at Yotel at Heathrow Airport. I am standing in the space between my bed and my bathroom. There is a pull out desk to my left and the door on my right.

Western style capsule hotel.

Office Space the Movie as inflight entertainment

Modern Classic - definitely.

Library Assistant Ed

I have been thinking about changing the title of my blog to The Adventures of Ed the Librarian now that I have my Masters in Library and Information Studies degree. But I also have a Masters degree in Anthropology and that doesn't make me an Anthropologist. So a Library degree doesn't make me a Librarian.

For my latest adventure, the occupation on my Syrian visa says Library Assistant.

I will change the name of the blog to The Adventures of Ed the Librarian, if and when I get a job as a librarian.

For now the blog title stays The Adventures of Library Assistant Ed.

Illegal copying kills the development of Islamic media...and it is also haram.

I found this on a VHS tape of a video collection of Islamic songs