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Fire fighting equipment in a temple in Shanghai.
Old sadhu (holy man) from Madurai in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
Apple seller from the town market in Mysore, Karnataka.
Sand colored city of Jaisalmer, Rajastan.
Proud soldier from Jaipur, Rajastan.
Taj Mahal and brightly dressed pilgrims seen from the northern side of amuna river. Agra.
Holy sadhu, Udaipur, Rajastan.
Young woman from Jaisalmer, Rajastan.
Classical american post boxes. Pennsylvania.
Three Sisters. Monument Valley. Arizona/Utah.
West Mitten - probably the most famous rock of the Monument Valley. Arizona/Utah.
Quintessential US road somewhere in Arizona.
Sign posts. Manhattan, New York.
Metal credit card plates abandoned in a grass land.
Red trucks waiting for a client on a parking lot in central US.
The Dharma Wheel flanked by two deers (male and female) at the top of the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa. Far in the background is the Potala Palace - the winter seat of the Dalai Lama - the spiritual loeader of Tibet.
Classical Tibetan architecture of Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Tibetan boy on the road somewhere between Shigatse and Lhasa.
Father and son. Shigatse.
Mother carrying baby on her back. Shigatse.
Masters of ceremony and a collection of Tibetan hats during the festival in Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Tibetan monks and their prayer wheels. Lhasa.
Tibetan prayer flags with Himalayan scenery at the background on the way from the Nepali border to Shigatse in Tibet.
Old woman drinking from a typical Tibetan bowl. Shigatse.
Lama form the Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse wearing ceremonial hat with red freckles during the festival.
Little girl in front of the temples of Badami, Karnataka.
Little girl from Badami, Karnataka.
Children from Badami, Karnataka.
Beautifully dressed woman from Karnataka.
A woman in front of her laundry on the bank of the river in Badami, Karnataka.
Local family in front of their house on the beach in Colva, Goa.
Man pulling a riksha during a heavy rain in Calcutta, West Bengal.
Old sadhu (holy man) from Madurai in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
Lone stilt fisherman. Ahangama area.
Lone stilt fisherman. Ahangama area.
Young stilt fishermanalone on his pole. Ahangama area.
Stilt fishermen at work. Ahangama area.
Farmer from the Kandy area.
Farmer working on his field. Countryside area near Kandy.
Girl by the well. Countryside around Kandy.
Young girl in a bus window. Kandy.
Tibetan pilgrim during his ritual curcumambulation of the temple in Tashilunpo Monastery prostrates himself on the pavement among the lazy dogs resting in the shade and sun.
Tibetan woman dressed her best in front of the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa.
Young boy from Tibet.
A valley with lush greenery during a short Tibetan summer somewhere on the way from Shigatse to Lhasa.
Burmese woman smoking traditional cheroot. Nuaung U near Bagan..
Small stupas of the Sulamani Pahto. Old Bagan.
Sunset over Ayeyarwady river.
Rangoon (Yangon)
Burmese boy in the window of an old bus in the street of Rangoon (Yangon).
Defensive wall and moat of the huge fort in the center of Mandalay.
Pigeons on the gigantic stupa of Shwemawdaw Paya,in Bago.
Old monk from Swedagon Paya. Rangoon (Yangon).
Old monk from Swedagon Paya Rangoon (Yangon) smoking cheroot.
Young bous from Rangoon (Yangon).
Kyaiktyio Pagoda at dawn. Mt. Kyaiktyio, Shan State.
Young nuns from Kinpun. Shan State.
A child from Mingun near Mandalay.
Shwedagon Paya. Rangoon (Yangon).
A monk in prayer. Shwedagon Paya, Rangoon (Yangon).
An elderly man with typical burmese cigar - cheeroot. Indein village on Inle Lake in Shan State.
The last rays of the setting sun cas long shadows in Nga Phe Kyaung (Jumping Cat) monastery on Inle lake in Shan State.
Leg rower. Inle lake, Shan State.
Boxes and their owner waiting for goods to be packed on the street in Nyaungswe on Inle lake. Shan State.
A wealth of forms, colors and materials in Shwe Inn Thein near Indein village. Shan State.
The most beautiful "street corner" in Burma. Shwe Inn Thein near Indein village. Shan State.
A "taxi" in Mingun on the bank of Ayeyarwady river waiting for tourists coming from Mandalay.
Colors of the street in Merida.
Stones embedded in the floor on the top of the Pyramid of the Sun. Teotihuacan.
Mexican lady protecting herself from the sun and the intrusive photographer. Mexico City.
Cable shadows on a wall. Merida.
Fragment of the front facade of the San Juan church in San Juan Chamula.
Colors of the street in San Cristobal de las Casas.
Elderly Chinese man resting or meditationg in a traditional position in the Temple of Heaven in Beijing.
A boy in yellow tshirt. Forbidden City, Beijing.
Old farmer having a smoke on his field near Yangshuo in Guangxi province.
Rice terraces in central China.
Construction worker on top of a huge, concrete gate in Qufu, Shandong province. Although many meters above the ground, he works with with no protection.
Little boy next to the toe of the largest sitting sculpture of Buddha in the world in Leshan in Sichuan province.
Farmer on a rice field near Yangshuo in Guangxi province.
Old man reading a newspaper at a close distance in a park in Shanghai.
A man practices tai-chi early moring in front of the Monument to the People's Heroes in Huangpu Park, the Bund area, Shanghai,
Woman from the Akha hill tribe in Chiang Mai area.
Little girl from Ko Lanta.
A man in typical traditional Thai hat. Damnoen Saduak near Bangkok.
Crazy water splashing on the street in Chiang Mai during the Songkran Festival.
A boy with his face painted white during the Songkran Festival.
Little baby in a traditional hat worn by so of the Thai hill tribes.
Golden fence surrounding Doi Suthep temple near Chiang Mai.
A girl from Ko Lanta.
A car which had undergone heavy splashing during the Songkran Festival.
A girl with his face painted white during the Songkran Festival.
Shy young monk from Bangkok.
Orange robe hang to dry in front of the monk's living quarters in Bangkok.
Moroccan man wearing traditional robes. Marrakesh.
Window from the old city (medina) in Marrakesh.
Colors of Morocco. Marrakesh.
Pink street and local woman in perfectly matching clothes. Marrakesh.
Witty man selling shark jaws on the ocean bank in Essaouira.
Colorful doors. Essaouira.
Roofs and rooftops in Fez.
A man from Fez.
Battlements on the city walls of Fez.
Cast iron kitchen equipment for sale in the old city (medina) in Fez.
Man in green from Moulay Idriss.
Old, once green arcade on Rua das Lorchas leading to the A-Ma temple.
Shadow and light in the Kun lam temple.
Red wall.
Colors and forms of Taipa Village.
Spiral cone shaped incense from Kun lam temple.
Nicely textured wall in Taipa Village.
Cell, iron bed and shackles in the infamous Khmer Roughe prison of Tuol Sleng (now museum) near Phnom Penh.
Smiling stone face on one of the towers of Bayon.
Young monk from Angkor Wat.
Little girl from Angkor.
Children of Angkor.
Sunset over majestic towers of Angkor Wat.
Sunset seen from the Phnom Bakheng hill.
Famous stone faces of Bayon in Angkor.
Dramatic forms of roots entwining the walls of Ta Prohm temple.
Tangle of roots covering a wall of Ta Prohm temple.
Three windows and a woman. Mutrah district of Oman.
Bedouin woman in a traditional mask with a vertical partition.
Gallery of Omani men watching the animals being presented for sale at the goat market in Nizwah.
Window. Nizwah fort.
Window and steps. Nizwah fort.
Inside the fort in Nizwah.
Beautiful Iranian girl. Isfahan.
Closeup of the entrance portal of the Imam mosque in Isfahan.
Structural arches along a side street in Isfahan.
Little side window of a mosque in Isfahan beautifully lit by the evening sun.
Graphics of light and shade on a small street in Yazd.
Mantenence worker on one of the domes of Hagia Sophia. Istanbul.
A hand of the man crucified during the Good Friday celebrartions, San Fernando, Pampanga. The nail is real and the hand is really pierced and nailed to the cross.
Feet of the man crucified during the Good Friday celebrartions, San Fernando, Pampanga. The nails are real, but they are placed between the toes doing no harm. The wodden shelf provides support for the feet.
A crowd of local onlookers, tourists and reporters under the cross with the first volunteer crucified during the Good Friday celebrations, barangay San Pedro Cutud, San Fernando, Pampanga.
A view from the boat towards the island with Taal volcano. Taal lake, south Luzon.
Tarsier - the smallest of primates hiding shyly among leaves. Bohol island.
Jewish family praying at the Western Wall, Jerusalem.
Orthodox Jews at the Western Wall, Jerusalem.
Crosses of Jerusalem.
Old Haredi Jew crossing the street in Mea Shearim - an ultraorthodox Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem.
A girl playing on the square in Acre in northern Israel.
Mystic interior of the Church of the Sepulchre of Saint Mary (Tomb of the Virgin Mary) at the foot of Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.
A happy taxi driver loading his passengers' bicycles onto the roof of his car before the ride to the Valley of the Kings in Luxor.
Old Bedouin. Luxor.
A girl and a wall form Coptic Cairo.
Fishermen pulling nets from the sea. Kovalam beach, Tamil Nadu.
An entrance gate to the palace complex in Mysore, Karnataka with sculpted tiger head at the foreground.
Fantastic colors of rocks in Petra.
Ad Deir (The Monastery) - the second most visited monument in Petra located at the end of a steep path up the Jabal Al-Deir. Built by the Nabataeans in the 1st century A.D.
Local women with her son. Petra.
Spiral cone shaped incenses from Kun lam temple.
Colorful stupas on a small street in Vientiane.
Old Peugeot on a side street in Vientiane. One of the remainders of the French colonial past.
On a crocodile farm near Bangkok.
Colorful gate on a street with traditional houses, Xian, Shaanxi province (?).
Crippled, three legged stool on the street of Kunming, Yunnan province.
A curtain wall window panel left near the rubbish container on Polytechnic Square in Warsaw reflects new architecture in contrast to the old, dilapidated wall behind.
Peacock presenting his beautiful tail in the Łazienki (Royal Baths) Park in Warsaw.
Inside the mosque in Yazd.
Burj Al Arab hotel - one of the icons of Dubai seen in a distance behind structures resembling traditional Arabic badgirs (wind catchers) - towers used for creating natural ventilation in buildings..
Eiffel Tower backlit against a blue sky just before dusk. Paris.
Sculptures and tower on the church of the Holy Saviour (Kostel Nejsvětějšího Salvátora) seen from the Charles Bridge (Karluv Most). Prague.
One of the stupas of the Swedagon paya complex in Rangoon (Yangon).
Shadow of an orthodox Jew on the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Wisdom Eyes of Bodnath Stupa in Kathmandu.
Crippled boy left to beg at the street in Kathmandu.
Colors of Nepal, Bakhtapur.
Buddhist monk praying at Swayambunath Stupa in Kathmandu.
Old woman with sense of humor met at the Howrah Railway Station in Calcutta.
Man wrapped in a blanket sitting under a strange construction on a street in Calcutta.
Old sadhu from Bodhgaya.
Old gate in the maze of narrow streets near Ganges river in Varanasi.
View from the rooftop restaurant of the hotel Palace on Step in Varanasi.
Old man met in Varanasi.
Scene from one of the ghats along the Ganges in Varanasi.
Sunrise on Ganges. Varanasi.
A man praying to Ganges(?). Varanasi.
Dashaswamedh Ghat seen from the boat on Ganges. Varanasi.
Men praying and washing in Ganges. Varanasi.
Toothbrushing at the bank of Ganges on a chilly December morning. Varanasi.
Woman selling flowers. Varanasi.
Do not mess with Indian army! Varanasi.
A woman seen at Dhasashwamed Ghat in Varanasi.
Blind man singing and playing his one string, self made instrument (ektara). Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh.
Devi Jagadamba Temple with a sculpture of Lion and a King in the foreground. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh.
Holy sadhu travels in air conditioned sleeper class and is very occupied with his mobile phone. On the train from Damoh to Puri.
Little girl selling baloons on the beach in Puri, Odisha.
A river of people in the underground passage between the Howrah Railway Station and the bus terminal.
An old shop in the southern part of Calcutta (near the Kalighat Kali Temple) and its owner having a break from not-too-busy working day.
A view of the sunrise on Ganges from the balcony of Palace on Step Hotel in Varanasi.
Blind beggar from Calcutta.
A house riding down the highway.
Local guide playing with baby shark during a trip to the coral reef. Caye Caulker.
Little girl wearing hat. Solola.
A man talking on the public phone in Manhattan, New York.
Original Chinese junk boat (from the beginning of XXth century) in Victoria Harbor with the IFC tower at the background.
An elderly traveller seen in central Seoul.
A face from a commercial poster with its eye poked by the cleaner's mop handle. Kai Tak airport.
The pylon of Golden Gate bridge among masts of boats berthed in San Francisco, California.
Credit cards plaques abandoned in the field somewhere in central USA.
Palm leaf. Caye Caulker.
Little boy during an election campaign picnic in Detroit, Michigan.
Layers of old paint on a piece of wood. Tao O village on Lantau Island.
Flamingo sculpture by Alexander Calder in front of Kluczynski Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois.
Green paint peeling off the old wooden door. Tao O village on Lantau Island.
Monument Valley at sunset. Arizona/Utah.
A place for burning incences in a tiny shrine in Tao O village on Lantau Island.
Road sign or more precisely "path sign" on Caye Caulker. There are only two cars, a couple of electric carts and no roads on this island. People walk slowly barefoot along sandy paths with "kerbs" made of sea shells.
Streets of New York - bags of rubbish and fancy cars.
A worker carrying gypsum carton boards in Causeway Bay.
New Yorker.
A tiny mangrove island on the sea near the coast of Caye Caulker.
Hong kong by night.
Winding balustrade along the waterfront deck near the Marina Bay Sands.
Shy, little boy peeking from a safe ot behind his father's leg. Detroit, Michigan.
Hong Kong by night.
Closeup of the balustrade along the waterfront deck near the Marina Bay Sands.
A flower man during the parade in Hong Kong Disneyland.
Closeup of the steel structure of the Helix Bridge, designed by Australian architects the Cox Group, engineers Arup and Singapore based Architects 6.
Elaborated iron balustrades cast this tangled shadow on a wall in French Quarter in New orleans, Louisiana.
Vietnamese girl selling newspapers. Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
Worn out window in French Quarter. New Orleans, Louisiana.
A row of mailboxes of various shapes and sizes. California.
Exhibition of Micky Mouse related art. Times Square, Causeway Bay.
Cathedral Rock near Sedona, Arizona seen while approaching from Jerome.
Against the current. Des Voux Road, Central.
A view up from the Antelope Canyon, Arizona.
Prayers in Wong Tai Sin temple in Kowloon during the celebration of Chinese New Year.
Inside Antelope Canyon, Page, Arizona.
Two Indian women similar to each other almost like the mirror reflections. Solola market.
A worn out woodedn table with incenses in front of the temple on one of the ilands in New Territories.
Walls of the Antelope Canyon near Page, Arizona flushed with otherworldly light.
Sumoka warming up before the training. Miyagino stable (heya) in Ryogoku district of Tokyo.
Moon-like scenery of Arches National Park with La Sal Mountains at the background. Utah.
Rock formations by the sea shore on the remote island of Ping Chau.
Early morning in Halong Bay.
Huge saguaro cactus at dawn. Saguaro National Park, Arizona.
Rock formations by the sea shore on the remote island of Ping Chau.
A handsome saguaro cactus. Probably around 150 years old. Saguaro National Park, Arizona.
Fireworks over Victoria Harbor on Chinese New Years' day.
Crazy cactus - an example of oddly shaped saguaro. Saguaro National Park, Arizona.
Beautiful Maltese bay windows (erkers) of various colors. Birgu (Vittoriosa).
Saguaro cacti. Saguaro National Park, Arizona.
View at the nearby mountain ranges at dusk. Saguaro National Park, Arizona.
Girls from Birgu (Vittoriosa) dressed their best on the Easter Sunday afternoon.
An impressive saguaro cactus at sunset. Saguaro National Park, Arizona.
Sunset over Saguaro National Park, Arizona.
Trident shaped saguaro cactus at sunset. Saguaro National Park, Arizona.
Walking through the Antelope Canyon. Utah.
Looking up the Antelope Canyon one can see upside down Monument Valley. Arizona.
People looking at West Mitten - of the most famous rocks of Monument Valley, Utah.
Monument Valley scenery with Merrick Butte and Mittens. At the foreground is the famous rock, where a local "cowboy" often poses for tourists. Utah.
Merrick Butte, Mittens and an american flag. Monument Valley, Utah.
Yei Bi Chei and Totem Pole rocks. Monument Valley, Utah.
Picturesque perspective of a street in Valetta.
A wall covered with US license plates by the roadside shop and bar on the way
Policeman guarding a booth with hod dogs on Fifth Avenue in New York.
Inside St. Patrick's cathedral, New York.
Picturesque street in Valetta with typical balconies and bay windows.
Orthodox Jew corssing a street in Williambsburg, Brooklyn - an area inhabited by a large hasidic Jewish community. New York.
Eastern facade of the U.S. Department of Treasury building along 15th Street. Washington D.C.
Dried fish for sale at Gwangjang Market, the largest covered fresh food market in Seoul.
One of many graffitis on the wall surrounding Graceland - the residence of Elvis Presley. Memphis, Tennessee.
Amish people and their signature, black carriages in Lancaster County, Pennsyllvania.
Medusa on the marine life exhibition in Ocean Park.
Grand Prismatic Spring, Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Grand Prismatic Spring, Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Marvelous sunset over the mountains seen from the steep road between Arrow Junction and Wanaka. South Island.
On the way from Opal Pool to Turquise Pool, Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone, Wyoming.
Dancer from one of Indian tribes gathered at the Powwow (Indian festival) held on the Pioneer's Day (24th July) in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Young dancer at the Powwow (Indian festival) held on the Pioneer's Day (24th July) in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Elevation of the Spanish pavilion built for the World Expo 2005 in Nagoya.
Children playing in the fountain on the Pioneer's Day (24th July) in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
An Indian man wearing exquisite head embellishment at the Powwow (Indian festival) held on the Pioneer's Day (24th July) in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Young boy dancing at the Powwow (Indian festival) held on the Pioneer's Day (24th July) in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Elderly lady doing morning excercises at the bank of the Hoan Kiem (Sword) lake in Hanoi.
Lonely grave by the highway running through a desert in Nevada.
White cross overlooking the lake in San Antonio Palopo village on the lake Atitlan.
Rows of the old warehouses in The Rocks - the oldest part of Sydney. The famous Harbour Bridge is in the background.
Golden Gate bridge, San Francisco, California.
At the bank of Mono Lake in Eastern California.
Grassland around the Mono Lake in Eastern California.
Colorful houses in Flores.
Walt Disney Concert Hall designed by Frank Gehry. Los Angeles, California.
A window. Flores.
Stuntman falling dow to the water in flames during the Water World show in Universal Studios Theme Park in Los Angeles, California.
A local Maya woman on the market in Solola.
A girl and and her masks on sale on the market in Chichicastenango.
A shy look from behind the fabrics on sale on the Solola market.
Women from the vegetable market in Hoi An.
Shy boy hiding behind his mother.
Rocks and sky reflected in sand during low tide. Wharariki Beach, South Island.
Yawning seal. Wharariki Beach, South Island.
Old street in Mdina lit by setting sun.
Old and modern architecture of Singapore.
Children from Hue.
Happy children from Hue.
A tiny shrine. Hong Kong Island.
Chinese lion on a Hong Kong street
Litlle girl entering the labirynth in front of the Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel.
Cafe in the vintage caravan next to the Wellington Waterfront Walk.
Hindu epos of Ramajana shown in traditional Balinese style at the courtyard of the king's palace in Ubud, Bali.
Complex electrical installation. Tokyo.
A road cutting through the rice terraces, Bali.
Local man waiting for a bus in Flores.
Young Polish girl sitting between two elderly Vietnamese men. Hanoi.
Boats. Rio Dulce.
Indian woman. Antigua Guatemala.
A monkey with its young one near Luhur Ulu Watu temple. Bali.
Yellow fishes in one of the ponds in the imperial city in Hue.
Unique elevation of Airspace Tokyo - a building designed by Tom Faulders in the residential area of Kitamagome.
Traditional gongs for sale in Hoi An.
Girls from the Harajuku Bridge. Tokyo.
Roof detail in the shintoistic Meiji Temple in Tokyo.
Lanterns in the shintoistic Meiji Temple in Tokyo.
Colors of Italian walls and shutters.
Cherub and pigeon of the fountain of Neptune on Piazza Navona, Rome.
Beautiful spiral exit well from Ruakuri Cave. Ruakuri Scenic Reserve, Waitomo, North Island.
Man playing saxophone in Villa Borghese park in Rome.
At the top of a spiral exit well from Ruakuri Cave. Ruakuri Scenic Reserve, Waitomo, North Island.
Little girl's look from behind the candles in one of the Roman churches.
A bit scary shop window of Restauri Artistici Squatriti near Piazza del Popolo in Rome - a workshop, which renovates old things, particularly dolls, which is why it is also called Ospedale delle Bambole (Doll Hospital).
Shop window of Restauri Artistici Squatriti near Piazza del Popolo in Rome - a workshop, which renovates old things, particularly dolls, which is why it is also called Ospedale delle Bambole (Doll Hospital).
A couple in love sitting on the parapet wall of Giardino Storico di Sant' Alessio on Avantine Hill in Rome with the dome of Saint Peter's Cathedral in the background.
Old woman begging in front of the Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome.
Door covered with graffiti found in Trastevere in Rome.
Little window in the medieval courtyard of Arco Degli Acetari on Via Pellegrino 19 near Campo di Fiori in Rome.
Detail of a wall in the tiny medieval courtyard of Arco Degli Acetari on Via Pellegrino 19 near Campo di Fiori in Rome.
Two little sisters looking at calm evening sea at Nusa Lembongan - an island south of Bali.
Fire fighting equipment in a temple in Shanghai.
Old sadhu (holy man) from Madurai in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
Apple seller from the town market in Mysore, Karnataka.
Sand colored city of Jaisalmer, Rajastan.
Proud soldier from Jaipur, Rajastan.
Taj Mahal and brightly dressed pilgrims seen from the northern side of amuna river. Agra.
Holy sadhu, Udaipur, Rajastan.
Young woman from Jaisalmer, Rajastan.
Classical american post boxes. Pennsylvania.
Three Sisters. Monument Valley. Arizona/Utah.
West Mitten - probably the most famous rock of the Monument Valley. Arizona/Utah.
Quintessential US road somewhere in Arizona.
Sign posts. Manhattan, New York.
Metal credit card plates abandoned in a grass land.
Red trucks waiting for a client on a parking lot in central US.
The Dharma Wheel flanked by two deers (male and female) at the top of the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa. Far in the background is the Potala Palace - the winter seat of the Dalai Lama - the spiritual loeader of Tibet.
Classical Tibetan architecture of Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Tibetan boy on the road somewhere between Shigatse and Lhasa.
Father and son. Shigatse.
Mother carrying baby on her back. Shigatse.
Masters of ceremony and a collection of Tibetan hats during the festival in Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
Tibetan monks and their prayer wheels. Lhasa.
Tibetan prayer flags with Himalayan scenery at the background on the way from the Nepali border to Shigatse in Tibet.
Old woman drinking from a typical Tibetan bowl. Shigatse.
Lama form the Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse wearing ceremonial hat with red freckles during the festival.
Little girl in front of the temples of Badami, Karnataka.
Little girl from Badami, Karnataka.
Children from Badami, Karnataka.
Beautifully dressed woman from Karnataka.
A woman in front of her laundry on the bank of the river in Badami, Karnataka.
Local family in front of their house on the beach in Colva, Goa.
Man pulling a riksha during a heavy rain in Calcutta, West Bengal.
Old sadhu (holy man) from Madurai in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
Lone stilt fisherman. Ahangama area.
Lone stilt fisherman. Ahangama area.
Young stilt fishermanalone on his pole. Ahangama area.
Stilt fishermen at work. Ahangama area.
Farmer from the Kandy area.
Farmer working on his field. Countryside area near Kandy.
Girl by the well. Countryside around Kandy.
Young girl in a bus window. Kandy.
Tibetan pilgrim during his ritual curcumambulation of the temple in Tashilunpo Monastery prostrates himself on the pavement among the lazy dogs resting in the shade and sun.
Tibetan woman dressed her best in front of the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa.
Young boy from Tibet.
A valley with lush greenery during a short Tibetan summer somewhere on the way from Shigatse to Lhasa.
Burmese woman smoking traditional cheroot. Nuaung U near Bagan..
Small stupas of the Sulamani Pahto. Old Bagan.
Sunset over Ayeyarwady river.
Rangoon (Yangon)
Burmese boy in the window of an old bus in the street of Rangoon (Yangon).
Defensive wall and moat of the huge fort in the center of Mandalay.
Pigeons on the gigantic stupa of Shwemawdaw Paya,in Bago.
Old monk from Swedagon Paya. Rangoon (Yangon).
Old monk from Swedagon Paya Rangoon (Yangon) smoking cheroot.
Young bous from Rangoon (Yangon).
Kyaiktyio Pagoda at dawn. Mt. Kyaiktyio, Shan State.
Young nuns from Kinpun. Shan State.
A child from Mingun near Mandalay.
Shwedagon Paya. Rangoon (Yangon).
A monk in prayer. Shwedagon Paya, Rangoon (Yangon).
An elderly man with typical burmese cigar - cheeroot. Indein village on Inle Lake in Shan State.
The last rays of the setting sun cas long shadows in Nga Phe Kyaung (Jumping Cat) monastery on Inle lake in Shan State.
Leg rower. Inle lake, Shan State.
Boxes and their owner waiting for goods to be packed on the street in Nyaungswe on Inle lake. Shan State.
A wealth of forms, colors and materials in Shwe Inn Thein near Indein village. Shan State.
The most beautiful "street corner" in Burma. Shwe Inn Thein near Indein village. Shan State.
A "taxi" in Mingun on the bank of Ayeyarwady river waiting for tourists coming from Mandalay.
Colors of the street in Merida.
Stones embedded in the floor on the top of the Pyramid of the Sun. Teotihuacan.
Mexican lady protecting herself from the sun and the intrusive photographer. Mexico City.
Cable shadows on a wall. Merida.
Fragment of the front facade of the San Juan church in San Juan Chamula.
Colors of the street in San Cristobal de las Casas.
Elderly Chinese man resting or meditationg in a traditional position in the Temple of Heaven in Beijing.
A boy in yellow tshirt. Forbidden City, Beijing.
Old farmer having a smoke on his field near Yangshuo in Guangxi province.
Rice terraces in central China.
Construction worker on top of a huge, concrete gate in Qufu, Shandong province. Although many meters above the ground, he works with with no protection.
Little boy next to the toe of the largest sitting sculpture of Buddha in the world in Leshan in Sichuan province.
Farmer on a rice field near Yangshuo in Guangxi province.
Old man reading a newspaper at a close distance in a park in Shanghai.
A man practices tai-chi early moring in front of the Monument to the People's Heroes in Huangpu Park, the Bund area, Shanghai,
Woman from the Akha hill tribe in Chiang Mai area.
Little girl from Ko Lanta.
A man in typical traditional Thai hat. Damnoen Saduak near Bangkok.
Crazy water splashing on the street in Chiang Mai during the Songkran Festival.
A boy with his face painted white during the Songkran Festival.
Little baby in a traditional hat worn by so of the Thai hill tribes.
Golden fence surrounding Doi Suthep temple near Chiang Mai.
A girl from Ko Lanta.
A car which had undergone heavy splashing during the Songkran Festival.
A girl with his face painted white during the Songkran Festival.
Shy young monk from Bangkok.
Orange robe hang to dry in front of the monk's living quarters in Bangkok.
Moroccan man wearing traditional robes. Marrakesh.
Window from the old city (medina) in Marrakesh.
Colors of Morocco. Marrakesh.
Pink street and local woman in perfectly matching clothes. Marrakesh.
Witty man selling shark jaws on the ocean bank in Essaouira.
Colorful doors. Essaouira.
Roofs and rooftops in Fez.
A man from Fez.
Battlements on the city walls of Fez.
Cast iron kitchen equipment for sale in the old city (medina) in Fez.
Man in green from Moulay Idriss.
Old, once green arcade on Rua das Lorchas leading to the A-Ma temple.
Shadow and light in the Kun lam temple.
Red wall.
Colors and forms of Taipa Village.
Spiral cone shaped incense from Kun lam temple.
Nicely textured wall in Taipa Village.
Cell, iron bed and shackles in the infamous Khmer Roughe prison of Tuol Sleng (now museum) near Phnom Penh.
Smiling stone face on one of the towers of Bayon.
Young monk from Angkor Wat.
Little girl from Angkor.
Children of Angkor.
Sunset over majestic towers of Angkor Wat.
Sunset seen from the Phnom Bakheng hill.
Famous stone faces of Bayon in Angkor.
Dramatic forms of roots entwining the walls of Ta Prohm temple.
Tangle of roots covering a wall of Ta Prohm temple.
Three windows and a woman. Mutrah district of Oman.
Bedouin woman in a traditional mask with a vertical partition.
Gallery of Omani men watching the animals being presented for sale at the goat market in Nizwah.
Window. Nizwah fort.
Window and steps. Nizwah fort.
Inside the fort in Nizwah.
Beautiful Iranian girl. Isfahan.
Closeup of the entrance portal of the Imam mosque in Isfahan.
Structural arches along a side street in Isfahan.
Little side window of a mosque in Isfahan beautifully lit by the evening sun.
Graphics of light and shade on a small street in Yazd.
Mantenence worker on one of the domes of Hagia Sophia. Istanbul.
A hand of the man crucified during the Good Friday celebrartions, San Fernando, Pampanga. The nail is real and the hand is really pierced and nailed to the cross.
Feet of the man crucified during the Good Friday celebrartions, San Fernando, Pampanga. The nails are real, but they are placed between the toes doing no harm. The wodden shelf provides support for the feet.
A crowd of local onlookers, tourists and reporters under the cross with the first volunteer crucified during the Good Friday celebrations, barangay San Pedro Cutud, San Fernando, Pampanga.
A view from the boat towards the island with Taal volcano. Taal lake, south Luzon.
Tarsier - the smallest of primates hiding shyly among leaves. Bohol island.
Jewish family praying at the Western Wall, Jerusalem.
Orthodox Jews at the Western Wall, Jerusalem.
Crosses of Jerusalem.
Old Haredi Jew crossing the street in Mea Shearim - an ultraorthodox Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem.
A girl playing on the square in Acre in northern Israel.
Mystic interior of the Church of the Sepulchre of Saint Mary (Tomb of the Virgin Mary) at the foot of Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.
A happy taxi driver loading his passengers' bicycles onto the roof of his car before the ride to the Valley of the Kings in Luxor.
Old Bedouin. Luxor.
A girl and a wall form Coptic Cairo.
Fishermen pulling nets from the sea. Kovalam beach, Tamil Nadu.
An entrance gate to the palace complex in Mysore, Karnataka with sculpted tiger head at the foreground.
Fantastic colors of rocks in Petra.
Ad Deir (The Monastery) - the second most visited monument in Petra located at the end of a steep path up the Jabal Al-Deir. Built by the Nabataeans in the 1st century A.D.
Local women with her son. Petra.
Spiral cone shaped incenses from Kun lam temple.
Colorful stupas on a small street in Vientiane.
Old Peugeot on a side street in Vientiane. One of the remainders of the French colonial past.
On a crocodile farm near Bangkok.
Colorful gate on a street with traditional houses, Xian, Shaanxi province (?).
Crippled, three legged stool on the street of Kunming, Yunnan province.
A curtain wall window panel left near the rubbish container on Polytechnic Square in Warsaw reflects new architecture in contrast to the old, dilapidated wall behind.
Peacock presenting his beautiful tail in the Łazienki (Royal Baths) Park in Warsaw.
Inside the mosque in Yazd.
Burj Al Arab hotel - one of the icons of Dubai seen in a distance behind structures resembling traditional Arabic badgirs (wind catchers) - towers used for creating natural ventilation in buildings..
Eiffel Tower backlit against a blue sky just before dusk. Paris.
Sculptures and tower on the church of the Holy Saviour (Kostel Nejsvětějšího Salvátora) seen from the Charles Bridge (Karluv Most). Prague.
One of the stupas of the Swedagon paya complex in Rangoon (Yangon).
Shadow of an orthodox Jew on the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Wisdom Eyes of Bodnath Stupa in Kathmandu.
Crippled boy left to beg at the street in Kathmandu.
Colors of Nepal, Bakhtapur.
Buddhist monk praying at Swayambunath Stupa in Kathmandu.
Old woman with sense of humor met at the Howrah Railway Station in Calcutta.
Man wrapped in a blanket sitting under a strange construction on a street in Calcutta.
Old sadhu from Bodhgaya.
Old gate in the maze of narrow streets near Ganges river in Varanasi.
View from the rooftop restaurant of the hotel Palace on Step in Varanasi.
Old man met in Varanasi.
Scene from one of the ghats along the Ganges in Varanasi.
Sunrise on Ganges. Varanasi.
A man praying to Ganges(?). Varanasi.
Dashaswamedh Ghat seen from the boat on Ganges. Varanasi.
Men praying and washing in Ganges. Varanasi.
Toothbrushing at the bank of Ganges on a chilly December morning. Varanasi.
Woman selling flowers. Varanasi.
Do not mess with Indian army! Varanasi.
A woman seen at Dhasashwamed Ghat in Varanasi.
Blind man singing and playing his one string, self made instrument (ektara). Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh.
Devi Jagadamba Temple with a sculpture of Lion and a King in the foreground. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh.
Holy sadhu travels in air conditioned sleeper class and is very occupied with his mobile phone. On the train from Damoh to Puri.
Little girl selling baloons on the beach in Puri, Odisha.
A river of people in the underground passage between the Howrah Railway Station and the bus terminal.
An old shop in the southern part of Calcutta (near the Kalighat Kali Temple) and its owner having a break from not-too-busy working day.
A view of the sunrise on Ganges from the balcony of Palace on Step Hotel in Varanasi.
Blind beggar from Calcutta.
A house riding down the highway.
Local guide playing with baby shark during a trip to the coral reef. Caye Caulker.
Little girl wearing hat. Solola.
A man talking on the public phone in Manhattan, New York.
Original Chinese junk boat (from the beginning of XXth century) in Victoria Harbor with the IFC tower at the background.
An elderly traveller seen in central Seoul.
A face from a commercial poster with its eye poked by the cleaner's mop handle. Kai Tak airport.
The pylon of Golden Gate bridge among masts of boats berthed in San Francisco, California.
Credit cards plaques abandoned in the field somewhere in central USA.
Palm leaf. Caye Caulker.
Little boy during an election campaign picnic in Detroit, Michigan.
Layers of old paint on a piece of wood. Tao O village on Lantau Island.
Flamingo sculpture by Alexander Calder in front of Kluczynski Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois.
Green paint peeling off the old wooden door. Tao O village on Lantau Island.
Monument Valley at sunset. Arizona/Utah.
A place for burning incences in a tiny shrine in Tao O village on Lantau Island.
Road sign or more precisely "path sign" on Caye Caulker. There are only two cars, a couple of electric carts and no roads on this island. People walk slowly barefoot along sandy paths with "kerbs" made of sea shells.
Streets of New York - bags of rubbish and fancy cars.
A worker carrying gypsum carton boards in Causeway Bay.
New Yorker.
A tiny mangrove island on the sea near the coast of Caye Caulker.
Hong kong by night.
Winding balustrade along the waterfront deck near the Marina Bay Sands.
Shy, little boy peeking from a safe ot behind his father's leg. Detroit, Michigan.
Hong Kong by night.
Closeup of the balustrade along the waterfront deck near the Marina Bay Sands.
A flower man during the parade in Hong Kong Disneyland.
Closeup of the steel structure of the Helix Bridge, designed by Australian architects the Cox Group, engineers Arup and Singapore based Architects 6.
Elaborated iron balustrades cast this tangled shadow on a wall in French Quarter in New orleans, Louisiana.
Vietnamese girl selling newspapers. Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
Worn out window in French Quarter. New Orleans, Louisiana.
A row of mailboxes of various shapes and sizes. California.
Exhibition of Micky Mouse related art. Times Square, Causeway Bay.
Cathedral Rock near Sedona, Arizona seen while approaching from Jerome.
Against the current. Des Voux Road, Central.
A view up from the Antelope Canyon, Arizona.
Prayers in Wong Tai Sin temple in Kowloon during the celebration of Chinese New Year.
Inside Antelope Canyon, Page, Arizona.
Two Indian women similar to each other almost like the mirror reflections. Solola market.
A worn out woodedn table with incenses in front of the temple on one of the ilands in New Territories.
Walls of the Antelope Canyon near Page, Arizona flushed with otherworldly light.
Sumoka warming up before the training. Miyagino stable (heya) in Ryogoku district of Tokyo.
Moon-like scenery of Arches National Park with La Sal Mountains at the background. Utah.
Rock formations by the sea shore on the remote island of Ping Chau.
Early morning in Halong Bay.
Huge saguaro cactus at dawn. Saguaro National Park, Arizona.
Rock formations by the sea shore on the remote island of Ping Chau.
A handsome saguaro cactus. Probably around 150 years old. Saguaro National Park, Arizona.
Fireworks over Victoria Harbor on Chinese New Years' day.
Crazy cactus - an example of oddly shaped saguaro. Saguaro National Park, Arizona.
Beautiful Maltese bay windows (erkers) of various colors. Birgu (Vittoriosa).
Saguaro cacti. Saguaro National Park, Arizona.
View at the nearby mountain ranges at dusk. Saguaro National Park, Arizona.
Girls from Birgu (Vittoriosa) dressed their best on the Easter Sunday afternoon.
An impressive saguaro cactus at sunset. Saguaro National Park, Arizona.
Sunset over Saguaro National Park, Arizona.
Trident shaped saguaro cactus at sunset. Saguaro National Park, Arizona.
Walking through the Antelope Canyon. Utah.
Looking up the Antelope Canyon one can see upside down Monument Valley. Arizona.
People looking at West Mitten - of the most famous rocks of Monument Valley, Utah.
Monument Valley scenery with Merrick Butte and Mittens. At the foreground is the famous rock, where a local "cowboy" often poses for tourists. Utah.
Merrick Butte, Mittens and an american flag. Monument Valley, Utah.
Yei Bi Chei and Totem Pole rocks. Monument Valley, Utah.
Picturesque perspective of a street in Valetta.
A wall covered with US license plates by the roadside shop and bar on the way
Policeman guarding a booth with hod dogs on Fifth Avenue in New York.
Inside St. Patrick's cathedral, New York.
Picturesque street in Valetta with typical balconies and bay windows.
Orthodox Jew corssing a street in Williambsburg, Brooklyn - an area inhabited by a large hasidic Jewish community. New York.
Eastern facade of the U.S. Department of Treasury building along 15th Street. Washington D.C.
Dried fish for sale at Gwangjang Market, the largest covered fresh food market in Seoul.
One of many graffitis on the wall surrounding Graceland - the residence of Elvis Presley. Memphis, Tennessee.
Amish people and their signature, black carriages in Lancaster County, Pennsyllvania.
Medusa on the marine life exhibition in Ocean Park.
Grand Prismatic Spring, Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Grand Prismatic Spring, Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Marvelous sunset over the mountains seen from the steep road between Arrow Junction and Wanaka. South Island.
On the way from Opal Pool to Turquise Pool, Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone, Wyoming.
Dancer from one of Indian tribes gathered at the Powwow (Indian festival) held on the Pioneer's Day (24th July) in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Young dancer at the Powwow (Indian festival) held on the Pioneer's Day (24th July) in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Elevation of the Spanish pavilion built for the World Expo 2005 in Nagoya.
Children playing in the fountain on the Pioneer's Day (24th July) in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
An Indian man wearing exquisite head embellishment at the Powwow (Indian festival) held on the Pioneer's Day (24th July) in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Young boy dancing at the Powwow (Indian festival) held on the Pioneer's Day (24th July) in Liberty Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Elderly lady doing morning excercises at the bank of the Hoan Kiem (Sword) lake in Hanoi.
Lonely grave by the highway running through a desert in Nevada.
White cross overlooking the lake in San Antonio Palopo village on the lake Atitlan.
Rows of the old warehouses in The Rocks - the oldest part of Sydney. The famous Harbour Bridge is in the background.
Golden Gate bridge, San Francisco, California.
At the bank of Mono Lake in Eastern California.
Grassland around the Mono Lake in Eastern California.
Colorful houses in Flores.
Walt Disney Concert Hall designed by Frank Gehry. Los Angeles, California.
A window. Flores.
Stuntman falling dow to the water in flames during the Water World show in Universal Studios Theme Park in Los Angeles, California.
A local Maya woman on the market in Solola.
A girl and and her masks on sale on the market in Chichicastenango.
A shy look from behind the fabrics on sale on the Solola market.
Women from the vegetable market in Hoi An.
Shy boy hiding behind his mother.
Rocks and sky reflected in sand during low tide. Wharariki Beach, South Island.
Yawning seal. Wharariki Beach, South Island.
Old street in Mdina lit by setting sun.
Old and modern architecture of Singapore.
Children from Hue.
Happy children from Hue.
A tiny shrine. Hong Kong Island.
Chinese lion on a Hong Kong street
Litlle girl entering the labirynth in front of the Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel.
Cafe in the vintage caravan next to the Wellington Waterfront Walk.
Hindu epos of Ramajana shown in traditional Balinese style at the courtyard of the king's palace in Ubud, Bali.
Complex electrical installation. Tokyo.
A road cutting through the rice terraces, Bali.
Local man waiting for a bus in Flores.
Young Polish girl sitting between two elderly Vietnamese men. Hanoi.
Boats. Rio Dulce.
Indian woman. Antigua Guatemala.
A monkey with its young one near Luhur Ulu Watu temple. Bali.
Yellow fishes in one of the ponds in the imperial city in Hue.
Unique elevation of Airspace Tokyo - a building designed by Tom Faulders in the residential area of Kitamagome.
Traditional gongs for sale in Hoi An.
Girls from the Harajuku Bridge. Tokyo.
Roof detail in the shintoistic Meiji Temple in Tokyo.
Lanterns in the shintoistic Meiji Temple in Tokyo.
Colors of Italian walls and shutters.
Cherub and pigeon of the fountain of Neptune on Piazza Navona, Rome.
Beautiful spiral exit well from Ruakuri Cave. Ruakuri Scenic Reserve, Waitomo, North Island.
Man playing saxophone in Villa Borghese park in Rome.
At the top of a spiral exit well from Ruakuri Cave. Ruakuri Scenic Reserve, Waitomo, North Island.
Little girl's look from behind the candles in one of the Roman churches.
A bit scary shop window of Restauri Artistici Squatriti near Piazza del Popolo in Rome - a workshop, which renovates old things, particularly dolls, which is why it is also called Ospedale delle Bambole (Doll Hospital).
Shop window of Restauri Artistici Squatriti near Piazza del Popolo in Rome - a workshop, which renovates old things, particularly dolls, which is why it is also called Ospedale delle Bambole (Doll Hospital).
A couple in love sitting on the parapet wall of Giardino Storico di Sant' Alessio on Avantine Hill in Rome with the dome of Saint Peter's Cathedral in the background.
Old woman begging in front of the Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome.
Door covered with graffiti found in Trastevere in Rome.
Little window in the medieval courtyard of Arco Degli Acetari on Via Pellegrino 19 near Campo di Fiori in Rome.
Detail of a wall in the tiny medieval courtyard of Arco Degli Acetari on Via Pellegrino 19 near Campo di Fiori in Rome.
Two little sisters looking at calm evening sea at Nusa Lembongan - an island south of Bali.