The much-photographed mosque in Uzungöl, south of Trabzon on the Black Sea coast. Over the years the picturesque lake, its village and the surrounding valley have become a popular tourist destination. I think it’s changed a lot since we were there, probably not for the better.

I cropped this significantly since on either side of the water were ugly buildings and a parking lot. Unfortunately, as a result, I had to crop much of the forested mountain above, too. At least I can do that now since the resolution is so high with my new scanner.

As I had mentioned at the start of this gallery, I recently found these photos that I had scanned in 2001 while in Okinawa and decided to start this gallery. But when I realized I had left some key images out, I gave in and bought a new scanner for $79 that I hoped would work with a Mac. Then I saw that the new scanner did a much better job than the old one I had dumped in Riyadh, so as much as I didn’t want to, I started scanning all the photos again (!). Unfortunately, it does such a good job that things I had written on the back of the prints show through on the front, and the flaws are much more obvious. Still, I think it’s worth it to redo them all and am almost finished.

Trabzon fruit vendor, posted earlier: