Dusk, just outside the Mirage Palace hotel
Old-style clock tower and new Sheraton - view from my eighth floor room at the Mirage Palace
Street scene, again from my hotel room
Old-style travel, but very few donkeys around
View of the Citadel from my hotel room
South side of the Citadel
Entrance to the Citadel
A lion just inside the gateway, a guardian against eveil
View of the remains of places and mosques inside the walls
Theater inside the Citadel
View of Aleppo from the Citadel
Entrance to one of the Citadel's mosques
Doorway
View of Aleppo from the Citadel, including part of its stone-clad hill
Leaving the citadel
The north side of the Citadel
Umayyad Mosque
The prayer hall in the Umayyad Mosque
Detail of a wall inside the Armenian church
Inside the Armenian church (much brighter than those in Armenia itself!)
Tourist central in Aleppo
Street across from the Sheraton
Inside the souq
Nuts for sale in the souq
Gold is popular!
Women who walk the streets in black burkhas really dress up for their weddings
Welcoming door knocker
Hama's most famous sights are its waterwheels
My lunch-time view
The "Four Norias of Bechriyyat"
Two of the "Four Norias of Bechriyyat"
A noria in central Hama, and a cafe
A noria in central Hama
These girls really wanted me to take their photograph! (But notice the older woman in black in the background.)
