Jericho, Nablus, and Beit Jala in early spring

Overlooking the hills near Beit Jala

 

Tasty sweets in Jericho

 

Busy market day in Nablus 

The oldest barbershop in Nablus

 

Jenin, West Bank

A few photos from a day in Jenin in the northern West Bank. The town of around 50,000 Palestinians is famous for its old church and Palestinian dancers and actors. For most Israelis Jenin is notorious for the April 2002 "Battle of Jenin" in which 23 Israeli soldiers and 52 Palestinians were killed.

  

"The American" goes by Mike, he lived in Orlando for eight years but moved back to Jenin to take care of his parents. He misses KFC and Subway

Istanbul December 2015

 

 

 

Antique dealers in the Karikoy neighborhood

 

Wut meat

 

 

Hipster heaven

  

 

 

 

 

 

Meeting with Jabril Rajoub, Fatah Central Committee member and head of the Palestinian Football Association

Jabril Rajoub in his Ramallah office

Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin rally, 20 years after his death

 

Zion National Park

Sometimes I forgot the immense beauty hiding out in my backyard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baja California

  

 

Whale Shark hanging out gobblin up plankton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Courtesy Noah Last

 

Beach Bumz in Malibu

Cyprus

Some photos from a six day trip in Cyrpus. In most countries six days is not even enough to scratch the surface. In Cyprus things are bit different. The length of the little Island country can be driven in only a few hours. Still there's a huge amount to see and six days will never be enough for any country no matter how small.
  

 

 

 

Nicosia is the world's last officially divided capital, split in 1974 between the Turks in the north and the Cypriots in the south. But now no one seems to really care, here people sit in a cafe the sand bags and barbwire in the background marks "no man's land"