Archive for the 'Travel' Category

Kōya-san

Sunday, May 27th, 2012

Shukubo

Kõya-san (Shukubo)

Machapuchare

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

View of Machapuchare (Fish’s Tail) from Chomrong on the trek to the Annapurna Base Camp.

Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple, Madurai

Returning to M’Hamid

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Near M'Hamid

Returning to M’Hamid joining a caravan of nine dromedaries.

Fès Medina

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Fès Medina

Fès Medina

Tamtatouchte, Morocco

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

Tamtatouchte

Tamtatouchte, Morocco

Panorama of Tashkurgan

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

This is a panorama I took in the early morning of 30.10.2006 in Tashkurgan (3,600m) when I was travelling from Kashgar, China to Sost, Pakistan. The bus stopped here overnight before crossing the Kunjerab Pass – the highest border of the world – the day after. I was remembered of this place when watching The Kite Runner yesterday evening. Many scenes play below the fortress of Tashkurgan from where this panorama is taken.

Tashkurgan Panorama

Update: Michael from china.notspecial.org has just put up a nice picture showing the fortress itself from a different viewpoint.

Georgia – Azerbaijan

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Border between Georgia and Azerbaijan at David Gareji.

Border between Georgia and Azerbaijan at David Gareji

Esfahan, Iran

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Imam Mosque, Esfahan, Iran

Imam Mosque, Esfahan

Two Things

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

There are two things in India that never stop amazing me, even when I am now the second time here and many customs might not feel so special anymore. The first thing is just how dense a queue can be and nobody even seems to notice (I was lucky this time I had to get my ticket at a different counter). If you have been to India yourself however, what will astonish you in this picture that there actually is a queue.

Junagadh Train Station
Junagadh Train Station, Gujarat.

Number Two is just how large a crispy Paper Masala Dosa can be. (Sorry, didn’t fit for the lens of my mobile phone)

Paper Masala Dosa
Paper Masala Dosa in “Depee Restaurant”, Diu Town, Diu Island