Achim Voss
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A new beginning...
January 05, 2018 -
For a year, this time 2018, has arrived. The year is still fresh or can one say innocent? Is it really as events have al...
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Good Bye 2017...
December 30, 2017 -
Another year has passed, where did the time go. The new year is merely a day away and as always one ponders what it brin...
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Autumn has arrived...
November 13, 2017 -
or the year 2017, the time has been flying like nothing, good or bad, will only transpire once it has past. Finally the...
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Summer Equinox....
June 22, 2017 -
has arrived and we have halftime for the year 2017. Summer now has arrived in the eastern Levante, not that I have been...
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A taste of Siam
April 10, 2017 -
I got when recently visiting Thailand and the city of Bangkok. For a long time I had deferred to fly to Thailand, as I d...
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Another one bits the dust
December 30, 2016 -
well of course another year has passed really, or is biting the dust. It is late December 2016 and this year is done, mo...
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The Dog days of July.....
July 09, 2016 -
Have finally arrived in the Levante, high humidity and temperatures during the days and only nominal lower at night and...
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Half time....
June 04, 2016 -
one could say, it is already the beginning of June 2016. Although I realize not many people really read all of this, I s...
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Happy Easter
March 24, 2016 -
Wishing everyone a Happy Easter. I am amazed how fast this year is proceeding. Nearly three months are done already, and...
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The Rain is coming...
December 31, 2015 -
The rain is coming at the end of the year 2015, finally or at least that what is told in the media. Sitting in my office...
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Flying south....
November 13, 2015 -
are the flocks of storks, egrets and other migratory birds coming from the north were the Autumn has begun. They are on...
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The Swifts are gone....
August 30, 2015 -
The Swifts are gone, this morning, just suddenly they disappeared. I did not notice as first, not even yesterday but...
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July Rain.....
July 27, 2015 -
Wow, I think this is the longest time ever that since starting this I have not posted anything. Reason? Not sure, I was...
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After the storm....
March 05, 2015 -
...is before the storm, is after the storm and so on. In the first two months of the year 2015 there were three storms,...
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Good Bye Afghanistan.....
November 30, 2014 -
but hopefully a return in the not to distant future will be possible. I must say I felt sad when I climbed back into the...
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A view of the Hindukush...
August 30, 2014 -
Since a few weeks I am in Afghanistan now, so from my place I am having a view of the Hindukush. No snow yet on the dist...
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Blue Sky...
June 27, 2014 -
from one end of the horizon to the other. Summer is in full swing, with hot and humid days. After a break of a few month...
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This is the end...
December 30, 2013 -
my friend..... Well certainly 2013 is drawing to the end, here in the country it is closing with a bang, the sound of a...
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Rue Hamra.....
November 02, 2013 -
Cutting through the heart of one of Beirut’s main economic and diplomatic hubs, “Rue Hamra’ or ‘Hamra Street’ is lined w...
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Time flies.....
October 04, 2013 -
literally, once it has passed, one asks where did the days go. It is now two months plus that I wrote or posted any phot...
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'Exercise', 'Exercise', 'Exercise'
June 30, 2013 -
Exercise, is good for all and sundry, including myself, if I just could do it more often:) Now this 'Exercise' wasn't...
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Super Moon.....
June 22, 2013 -
is the only thing really super right now. Electricity is bad, Internet is slow, situation in the country is not good, hu...
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Rockets on Beirut.....
June 01, 2013 -
and from the south of the country onto the neighbours. That was the hot topic for the last few days Besides the material...
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Mountains and Sea
April 10, 2013 -
it is very easy in this country to be at the sea and in the mountains on the same day. Byblos is on old and ancient por...
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Beirut Blues.......
March 28, 2013 -
Having been back for several days now after being in Syria, I must say I do enjoy the comfort and amenities of Lebanon a...
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Syria-na....
March 23, 2013 -
It took longer then anticipated to get the approval of the Syrian Authorities to travel to the country. I don't know wh...
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Time flies....
February 12, 2013 -
wow, we are already half through the second months of the year 2013, Chinese New Year just happens with the year of the...
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Palestine Sunbirds (and a Thunderstorm),
October 08, 2012 -
I was photographing during some lunch breaks lately. At least something useful to do, just outside of my office they com...
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Finally
August 30, 2012 -
the first rain in months today. Heavy rain it was for 45 minutes, totally unexpected and early. Normally, if lucky the f...
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Summer in the city....
July 09, 2012 -
oh yes, as promised the electricity issue has been bad and it has been hot. As protesters are continuing burning tires o...
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A long hot summer ahead
June 21, 2012 -
The summer mayhem has begun. Last weekend all the power plants in the country malfunctioned, all of them at once. Yeah r...
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Cooling off in the Chouf Mountains
June 10, 2012 -
this weekend. The weather has gotten now hot and humid here at the coast, so it was time again to go up into the mountai...
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Will it be a hot summer??
June 03, 2012 -
And again, another two weeks past without much action on the photo front. The weather has become warmer, but it is still...
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Mediteranean Thunder....
May 19, 2012 -
As usual, it has been a while since I last posted something. Except having been in Germany for 5 days, nothing much has...
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Walking in Beirut
April 29, 2012 -
this weekend on Saturday. Usually my visiting time is Sundays, but since friends had been in town I spend two weekends i...
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Spring is here?
March 11, 2012 -
This seem to be the last storm of the season, coming from the south, at least weather wise. All-right then, the weather...
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A rainy week
March 04, 2012 -
This last week the weather was mostly miserable. Although it started nicely from mid-week it mostly rained, sometimes lo...
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