Israel

Here do the three main monotheistic religions of the world converge.
A land of contrasts, where platform shoes are as common as prayer shawls;
where teenage girls carry an ice cream in one hand and an automatic weapon in the other.

Catholic chapel atop Mt Carmel

The Wailing Wall

At the Garden of Gesthemane

A hazy afternoon in Jerusalem viewed from the Mt of Olives

At the Sea of Galilee, having a really bad time!

Oscar Schindler's grave

At Capernaum, the home town of Jesus. I wonder if shorts were forbidden in His day too?

The most ironic photograph I have ever seen. Taken during world war two. The sign, which was posted outside a German protestant church reads, "Jews are not welcome here". The initials over Jesus says, "Jesus of Nazareth - King of the Jews (I.N.R.I.)"

The don't call me thunder-butt for nothing!

180 degree view from the citadel roof in Acco, northern Israel.