Tag: “Souk”

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   Tripoli Alleyway, Lebanon

   Tripoli (Ṭrāblos, in Arabic) alleyway, Lebanon.
   
   This alleyway is across the street from Tripoli Castle (The Fortress of St. Gilles), and leads down below street-level to the city's ancient souk.
   
   Canon EOS 400D/Digital Rebel XTi
   
   Canon EFS 18-55mm.

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   What a bargain!

   Many tourists are intimidated by the idea of bargaining The following are some general rules and advice for travelers in foreign markets and bazaars gleaned from many years of bargaining in Turkey, Nepal, India, South America, China and North Africa.

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   Zouk Mikael, Lebanon

   Zouk Mikael is a town in in the Keserwan District of Mount Lebanon. The town is famous for its Ottoman era old souk, which was renovated and restored in 1995.

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   Produce Vendor, Tripoli, Lebanon

   Roadside produce vendor, Tripoli (Ṭrāblos, in Arabic), Lebanon.
   
   Canon EOS 400D/Digital Rebel XTi
   
   Canon EFS 18-55mm. lens
   
   Tripoli, Lebanon
   
   11.14.2007

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   Tripoli Souk, Lebanon

   Old Tripoli (Ṭrāblos, in Arabic) souk, Lebanon; interior view, looking out.
   
   It is long and dark and seems to continue forever. I will always remember the smell...a pungent mixture of sewage (being below street-level), animals, raw meat (from the open-air butchers), produce, baked sweets, animals, stagnant water & mud (from the rain while I was there) and body odor.

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   Ethnic silver jewelry with semi precious stones

   Ethnic silver jewelry with semi precious stones, in bazaar, Urgup, Turkey

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   Finding Lebanon.

   Plagued by decades of war, the tiny Mediterranean country of Lebanon continues to surprise and survive, finding its own way in the turbulent Middle-Eastern region and 21st-century.