Mesopotamia

Gulf States 2012

  Dubai   Abu Dhabi   Dubai-Muscat   Muscat   Nizwa   Doha   Bahrain   Kuwait City

Dubai

Dubai welcomes Scots

Burj Khalifa

B.K. Observation Deck On the 124th floor.

View from Burj Khalifa

B.K. North View

B.K. South View

Fountain at Dubai Mall

Abu Dhabi

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Mosque

Southern downtown

White Fort (under restoration)

Dubai-Muscat

30 miles W of Hatta

28 miles W of Hatta

17 miles W. of Hatta

74 miles SE of Hatta

8 miles W of Muscat

8 miles W of Muscat

Muscat

Royal Palace

Palace Complex

Good Security

Old Portugese Fort (West)

Old Portugse Fort (East)

Gatehouse Museum

Craggy tower

Al Jalali Fort, Muttrah

Nizwa

32 miles W. of Muscat

Nizwa Fort

Fort top

Unrestored walls

Nizwa

Fish in the Bazar

Town, 20 miles NW of Nizwa

32 miles NW of Nizwa

Jebel Sham

Jebel Sham

Scotsman at Jebel Sham

Baddar at Jebel Sham

Doha

Restored/Reimagined Bazaar

Older section of Bazaar

Islamic Cultural Center Modeled on Iraq's Samarra Tower?

Islamic Museum

Dhows

Pearl Monument

Hazy Downtown

White Fort

Bahrain

Manama Skyline From Bahrain Fort

Pearl Monument

Bab Al-Bahrain Gate

Barbar Temple Constructed between 3000 and 2000 bc

Barbar Temple

Barbar Temple Natural spring + pool

Bahrain Fort With excavations of ancient city.

Bahrain Fort Interior

Excavations below Bahrain Fort City dates from 2500 bc to Hellenic

Kuwait City

Kuwait City Downtown

Kuwait Towers

Kuwait Towers Behind the Saudi Embassy

Dhow, National Museum

Dhows outside Maritime Museum

Kuwait Memorial Museum

33 miles NW of Kuwait City

38 miles NW of Kuwait City

Mesopotamia