Turkey

One of my favorite snaps, taken in Istanbul:

You can see another view of this mosque here.

One of my favorite all time stories and movies is called Jason and the Argonauts. All the scenes were memorable, but who could forget this especially memorable scene:

Many historians believe this chronicles events dating back to around 1300 BC.

So on a recent trip to Turkey, it was a thrill for me to take this photograph of the Bosphorus Strait opening to the Black Sea – the original location that the Gods tried to destroy Jason’s ship by rolling huge boulders into the water to crush him.

This ship about to cross into the Black Sea looks pretty safe from huge metal statues and any boulder hazards.

This is one of my favorite pictures, which I took from the Asian side of the Bosphorous Strait in Turkey:

You can see the spires of mosques in the background. And I can only assume the strangely attached smaller boat that it’s pulling is evidence that the Bosphorus and the Black Sea don’t have the rough seas and huge swells you’d find in the Mediterranean Sea or on the ocean – but naturally I never got the chance to ask the Captain.

Also known as the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, after the Ottoman ruler who ordered it to be built, it is the landmark in downtown Istanbul.

Built in 1348, the Galata Tower looms above the Istanbul skyline.

Another one of my all-time-favorite photographs. The skyline is punctuated with both very old and very new spires. And the purpose of the spires, both old and new, simultaneously was and is both spiritual and acoustical communication.

I suppose it’s nothing special, but still it’s one of my all-time favorite photographs that I’ve taken.  I love fishing, I never associated fishing or seafood with Istanbul – and I was thrilled and impressed to see so many passionate fisherman on the bridge.