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One of the thematic photosets I shot while in Jordan this past summer, the Lonely Road series is little Thrust walking down the empty streets of various ruins, his wee leash trailing behind him as the only sign he isn't completely alone in his journey. ;)

Frame 1: Mukawir, or Herod's Palace on the King's Highway tour. This is actually a modern road that winds around the mountain for the ease of tourists visiting the site on top. The quicker climb is on the old palace road, which used to cut straight up the front of the mountain but is nearly all worn away. It's a hot and sweaty but quick climb up, and then a leisurely stroll down the new road (where you can take your time and wait for everyone to get around the bend so you can snap pictures of your plastic jet being adorable).

Frame 2: Mount Nebo, a modern dirt road used by the caretakers of the site. Mount Nebo is a memorial site to Moses, one of the places he's alleged to have visited in his lifetime, and also has the remains of at least one church and some stunning mosaics that survived a period of religious destruction of various iconographic art forms (the monks of this site preserved them, I believe, by placing new ones overtop the old mosaics to hide them).

Frame 3: The very end of the Collonade Street at Jerash, one of the best preserved Roman cities in the area. To this day I've never made it as far as that arch in the distance... we're just never given enough time on the tour. This is the furthest I've ever made it. Next time I'll take a cab up and take my time to walk it over, as I've still not seen everything there.

Frames 4 and 5: The Collonade Street at Umm Qays. Umm Qays is another Roman City and one of my favourite places to visit. So little of it has been excavated... there's an entire city under that olive orchard! Unfortunately olive trees are so valuable that little works gets done here, and nothing that will damage the landowner's trees. But the place is still beautiful and, like Jerash, I've yet to see everything here.

Photographs copyright Nikita Malha. Do not use without permission.

Transformers belong to HasTak
Thrust's seeker leash was made by :iconladyleyn:
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*afrolady114 Dec 27, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
These pictures almost make me feel depressed when looking at them. Everything seems to be so... empty. But then I see Thrust - and I just can't help but smile :)
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~ladyleyn Dec 27, 2012
It looks like he had a good time out exploring with you.
Lovely photos :D
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*Kagehahen Dec 27, 2012
And if you just close your eyes and focus, you can almost touch time itself (I did that in Korea and Japan and Guam). Its an interesting way to do this - a lonely road centuries ancient, and trod upon by modernity. - and yet still so distant, as evident by the arch you never reached in the distance - nice allegory on that one.

Time truly IS a burrito...
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~ninja-freak13 Dec 26, 2012
X3 You rock Thayle!!
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*wachey Dec 26, 2012
Argh, darn enter. I was also going to say I love the last picture the best. The tiled floor of the road and all those columns just make for a great perspective piece :3
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*Kenthayle Mar 13, 2013
Thank you so much! And yes, I think that last one is my favourite too :XD:
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*wachey Dec 26, 2012
Awww, his leash is so cute!!
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