Here are a few from Egypt (pyramids & sphinx), Lebanon (Baalbek), Syria (Damascus), Jordan (Petra) and Israel (Eilat).
My wife and I backpacked around the middle east 2 years ago. Great trip. The pictures don't nearly do it justice. Baalbek is off the beaten path a bit in Lebanon but was the highlight of the trip. To put it in perspective, the pyramids took 30 years to build. Baalbek took 300. The stonework and the craftsmanship is, literally, unbelievable. It is so amazing. It's unfortunate that it's in an area of Lebanon that's less often visited by outsiders.
The picture from Damascus is on Straight Street in the Old City of Damascus. Straight Street is specifically mentioned by name in the bible. Pretty neat to walk down a street with so much history.
We were only in Israel for a few hours so sorry there's no better shots from there. LOL. We actually got detained trying to get into Israel for longer than we were actually in the country. LOL. No big deal, we had just recently travelled through countries that are not on friendly terms with Israel so they had some questions for us about us and our travels. Seriously though, it was probably the friendliest "detention" ever!
With all of the current events in that region we sure picked a good time to have gone.
Speaking of travel, I love this quote. I think it's so true...
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness."
-Mark Twain
Best,
m&c
