When I took these pictures I used a cheap “instamatic” camera without a zooms lens. My instamatic camera used film and it was very expensive to develop the large number of rolls of film I had when I returned to Australia. I then scanned the photos and used Photoshop to enhance and edit as needed. Today (2022) I use my phone camera, not only is it far cheaper to take and see your photos, but also with the large memory in them you don’t have to worry about carrying rolls of film. If you have even more than the camera phone can carry you can upload them to the cloud.
So, 2000 seems like another age when it comes to photography!
The following pictures are from my old instamatic camera.
By the way, after the series of photos with captions there are lots without captions with some repeats. I figure I haven’t the time to caption them but you know they’re from my trip through Greece & Middle East, so I won’t have to. Sorry!
I will add more from my odyssey as time allows.
Here’s a few:
Just click on the pictures below to see an enlarged version.
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- Bethlehem, Israel – Jesus’ birth spot according to tradition.
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- Kalavystra, Greece.
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- Temple of Luxor, Egypt
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- Temple of Luxor, Egypt
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- Meteora, Greece
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- Mount Athos, Greece – known as the Holy Mountain by Orthodox Christians.
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- Olympia, Greece – birthplace of the Olympic Games.
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- Palmyra, Syria – some of the best preserved Roman ruins in the world are here about 200 kms from Baghdad, Iraq.
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- Palmyra, Syria – some of the best preserved Roman ruins in the world are here about 200 kms from Baghdad, Iraq.
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- Palmyra, Syria – Tomb
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- Aroutsas St Athens, just below the Acropolis in Athens.
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- Patmos, Greece – entrance to cave where St John wrote the Book of Revelations.
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- Patmos, Greece – street scene.
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- Patmos, Greece – street scene.
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- Petra, Jordan – Indiana Jones country!
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- Abu Simbel, Egypt.
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- Konya, Turkey – Rumi Mevlana’s (founder of the Whirling Dervishes Sufi Order) Tomb
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- Seljuk, Turkey (near Ephasus) engraving close to St John’s grave.
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- Palmyra, Syria – Stavros on a camel.
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- Valley of the Kings, Egypt
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- Valley of the Kings, Egypt
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- Bethlelehem, Israel – entrance to where Jesus was born.
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- Mount Sinai, Egypt – view from the top of Mt Sinai.
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- Yannina, Greece
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- Yannina, Greece.
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- Goreme, Turkey – entrance to a cave house.
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- Diakopto, Greece – a few minutes walk from my father’s house.
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- Jerusalem, Israel
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- Goreme, Turkey – cave house.
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- Goreme, Turkey – “Star Wars” Luke Skywalker land of his birth.
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- Goreme, Turkey – tunnel between cave houses.
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- Goreme, Turkey – view from inside a cave house.
Thank you for visiting Journeys and Star Gazing. Here there's stories of my various journeys, some inner but mostly outer; photos, song lyrics, poems, astrological readings and interpretations, I Ching speculations, quotes from people I admire and some cool graphics. There are reflections and archival material on various human rights campaigns I have been involved in over the years. With these, some have a "Star Gazing" interpretive filter. 
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This is wonderful, Have been to a lot of these places eg Egypt Turkey, Greece would love to go to Petra also Syria but not now. Yannina your birthplace looks wonderful
It is so heart breakingly sad what is happening in Syria. I wrote a post about my visit to Damascus https://dodona777.wordpress.com/?s=damascus
I remember feeling the yearning for freedom from some of the people I met there. The family I mention in the post “Lost in Damascus” would for certain be of those.
I feel so much for them, we in Australia are so lucky
I feel so much for them, we in Australia are so lucky What a beautiful encounter you were very lucky.