Best of Rob:
June 15 - Wellington himself (at the left) and 3 of his generals, near the bivouac and prepared for the final reenactment of the battle of Waterloo, Braine l'Alleud
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - Dolphin (close crop) seen from the boat on the Gulf of Aden on the whale-shark-snorkeling trip, Djibouti
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - At the Cheetah refuge, Djibouti
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - At 'The Cheetah refuge', Djibouti
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - A Hamadryas or 'sacred' baboon by the road, taken en route from Djibouti city to Lake Assal, Djibouti
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - Stray cow wandering the streets of Hargeisa
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - Dinner with Ahmed Ibrahim Awale in Hargeisa
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - Dinner with an amateur archaeologist (right) and a new friend (left), Hargeisa
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - Wild tortoise, near Las Geel, Somaliland
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - Ill and uncomfortable (and expressive) at the camel market, Babile
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - Unhappy with indigestion (or worse) at the camel market at Babile, Ethiopia
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - At the camel market, Babile, Ethiopia
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - Affection at the camel market at Babile, Ethiopia
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - Party-goers at the camel market at Babile
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - At the camel market at Babile, Ethiopia
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - A wink and a smile at the camel market, Babile, Ethiopia
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - Spotted hyenas In Harar
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - In Harar (close crop)
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - Something to do when you're bored, feed a wild hyena raw meat from the end of a stick in your mouth, Harar
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - Hyena in Harar
Best of Rob:
Jan 14 - A stray with pups in Harar
Best of Rob:
Aug 13 - A bold wild fox scavenging in Edinburgh
Best of Rob:
Jul 13 - The much-prized Aberdeen Angus, near Maes Howe, Mainland, Orkney
Best of Rob:
Jul 13 - A 'standing stone of Stenness' (Neolithic, @ 3000 B.C.), Mainland, Orkney, Scotland
Best of Rob:
Jul 13 - A lucky shot taken at Drumnadrochit on Loch Ness, Scotland
Best of Rob:
Nov 12 - In one of the countless caves in and around Hasankeyf
Best of Rob:
Nov 12 - A fawn or a young buck of some species of antelope or gazelle (cared for by a resident nun) explores the Mor Gabriel monastery (397 AD), near Midyat, SE Turkey
Best of Rob:
Nov 12 - An odd-eyed cat similar to a Van cat at the Zafaran monastery (Syriac Orthodox), near Mardin
Best of Rob:
Nov 12 - A "Little owl" (I think, the name of the species), aka 'the owl of Athena' or 'owl of Minerva', in Harran (detail)
Best of Rob:
Nov. 12 - At Harbiye (ancient Daphne), near Antakya (ancient Antioch)
