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  • Challenging the Unexpected.
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  • THE BOOKS.
    • * OVERVIEW
    • Updated book Page
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  • THE PHOTOS.
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  • * Points of Interest
    • ---- Places & Spaces
    • ---- Buildings & Monuments
    • ---- Doors & Windows
    • ---- Fountains & Clocks
    • ---- Those other pictures
  • * People
    • ---- Ways to Travel
    • ---- Professionals at Work
    • ---- People, Customs & Crafts
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    • ---- Children
  • * Action
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  • * Feelings
    • ---- Passion
    • ---- Multiples & Collectors' Items
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  • * Eye Candy
    • ---- Fashion & Fashionable
    • ---- Still Life
    • ---- Colours
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Balancing act, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. Carnival time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Indigenous carpenter, Awana Kancha, Peru. Offerings and cleansing. Bali, Indonesia . Participant of the Cuetzalan festivities, Mexico. Baker. Pisac, Peru. Married or jilted? Paris, France. Sun lover, Washington Square, NYC. Let your future be decided by a canary! Tlaquepaque, Mexico. Weaver by profession, Peru. A self-appointed sadhu [wise man] asking for alms. Varanasi, India. Aborigine, Australia. "El jimador", preparing the "piña" for the tequila process An ambulating soft drink barman. Istanbul, Turkey. Guatemalan lady in her daily fineries. "Volador de Papantla", a Mexican cultural heritage recognized by UNESCO. Zulu warrior. South Africa. Size doesn't matter when you have someone to hold your hand. New York, USA. Swiss guards protecting the pope. The Vatican. Funeral pyres by the Ganges river. Varanasi, India. The devil covered in gold meets the American soul. Los Angeles, USA. The village gentleman. Domodossola, Italy. Ice bar with chilled drinks. Sydney, Australia. Flute player. Quengo, Peru. No horseplay allowed here, kid! Vienna, Austria. Turkish shoeshiners give you the golden treatment. Istanbul, Turkey. Europe is a boring place for Asians. Vienna, Austria. Bacon delivery man. Viet Nam. Times Square cross-culture friendship. New York, USA. Ceremony. Varanasi, India. Tourist hat-trick picture for a fee. Istanbul, Turkey. Skilled at doing a balancing act. Antigua, Guatemala. European tea ceremony for Japanese visitors. Dubrovnik, Croatia. Gondola looking for customers. Venice, Italy. Out of the Closet. Amsterdam, Holland. By the altar, looking for a higher meaning. Siem Reap, Cambodia. Tribal presence with all the bells and whistles. Marrakesh, Morocco. Ritual dance on October 4th. Cuetzalan, Mexico. Under the waterfall: the families living beneath a precipice. Lesotho. Horseback charro on Revolution day. Tepoztlán, Mexico. Rice harvest. Bali, Indonesia. Will the groom turn up? Singapore. Swordsman. Hondarribia, Spain. Marriage with a touch of the fifties. Santa Clara, Cuba. Getting the full picture. London, United Kingdom. Edible balancing act. Hanoi, Viet Nam. Basket-weaver. Barranca del Cobre, Mexico. Smoker. Hanoi, Viet Nam. Afternoon prayers. Marrakesh, Morocco. Ritual offering to novice monks. Luang Prabang, Laos. Making a firm statement of a white wedding. Antigua, Guatemala. Worshippers inserting prayers on paper in Wailing Wall cracks. Jerusalem, Israel. Mountain man. Darjeeling, India. Don Beto. Tepoztlán, Mexico. Two colourful ladies. Antigua, Guatemala. Monks after preparing a sampa offering. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The groom carries the bouquet. Singapore. In celebration mood. Hondarribia, Spain. Two sadhus. Varanasi, India. Bicycle rider in Washington Square. New York, USA. Yak meat vendor. Lhasa, Tibet. Big game hunter after a disappointing day. Barra de Navidad, Mexico. The daily bath in the holy river Ganges. Varanasi, India. Native population. Cusco, Peru. Musician. Borneo, Indonesia. Ash-covered worshipper. Varanasi, India. Tibetan prayer flags in the Himalayas. Cheerleaders for the forty-niners. San Francisco, USA. We are all doomed to carry different burdens. India. Offerings in the rain. Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. In Tibet, the uneducated reverently pass below the vast learnings on scrolls accumulated during centuries, housed in the Potala Palace. Lhasa, Tibet. The comedy act that runs in the family. New York, USA. Waiting for the next confession. Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Street vendor. Hanoi, Viet Nam. Local elder. Hoi An, Viet Nam. Waiting to get married. Trinidad, Cuba. Instead of orally offering prayers, the Tibetans insert a mantra into a prayer wheel which they constantly keep spinning. Worshipper. Bali, Indonesia. Practice makes perfect. Bali, Indonesia. Tarahumara weaving. Barranca del Cobre, Mexico. A pilgrim who made it to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The night shift cremation task force by the Ganges River, India. Native Zoques in their traditional, long-haired skirts. Chiapa de Corzo, Mexico. Chinese puzzle ball resting on a ivory-carved landscape, a craft nowadays abandoned due to banned ivory trade. Macao, China. Cheese or sausage, anyone? Cagliari, Italy. Traditional dress. Lhasa, Tibet. Leather worker. Marrakesh, Morocco. Thousand-year-old eggs, sold at a market stall in Guangzhou, China. Ladle-maker. Istanbul, Turkey. Preparing for the Chinese opera stage. Chengdu, China.
The entrance to the Ice Hotel, Jukkasjärvi, Sweden. A somewhat tricky place when using the lawnmower. The Taj Mahal mausoleum in Agra, India. Cape Horn. Stone-faced Giant Guardian, Siem Reap, Cambodia. Florence, Italy Brandenburg Tor, Berlin, Germany. Buddhist temple in Luang Prabang, Laos (interior). Buddhist temple in Luang Prabang, Laos (exterior) What it's like to be travelling on an empty stomach. Sculpture outside the Old Fort Prison on Constitutional Hill, Johannesburg, South Africa. The Entrance to St Paul-de-Vence, South of France. The ancient Japanese Bridge in Hoi An, Viet Nam. A Singapore Tripod Construction (Rooftop pool & garden included). Chinese pavilion in a reflective mood. The Ice Hotel chapel, Jukkasjärvi, Sweden. Rockefeller Center, New York, USA. A tourist's view of la Fontana di Trevi in Rome, Italy. The Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, not long ago the highest structure on earth. The entrance to the royal palace guarded by all of the country's armed forces. Rabat, Morocco. Religious roof adornment in Malacca, Malaysia. Cork millionaire Henrique Amorim's cork museum in Santa Maria de Lamas, Portugal. Floating Palace. Udaipur, India. A checkpoint in the wall erected between Israel and Palestine's West Bank. Ice Hotel interior, Jukkasjärvi, Sweden. The titanium-clad Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, Spain. One-window house in Saint Paul-de-Vence, France. Overgrown, re-discovered temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The "El Capricho" summer villa by Antonio Gaudí, Comillas, Spain. The 2000-year old Wailing Wall. Jerusalem, Israel. The Abbey of Saint-Michel, Bretagne, France Built wirh more than 10,000 tons of iron. Bogd Khan's summer palace. Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Moscow, Russia. Pavilion in the Imperial Forbidden City. Beijing, China. Jerusalem – the centre of all the disputes that begun two thousand years ago. Temple birds. India. Palermo, Sicily
A close look at the falling ashes. Chongqing, China. Blue-haired woman shedding tears. Durban, South Africa. Red lips and corkscrew ringlets. Berlin, Germany. Every head revolves around its own universe. New York, USA. Denise. Paris, France. With black-and-white braids and a wide smile. Cape town, South Africa. Old woman, India. Native of Cusco, Peru. Blue shades. South Africa. A snake and a charmer. Toothy smile, Guatemala. A bearded tribal elder. Hoi An, Viet Nam A vision in white. Istanbul, Turkey. Friends visiting a local temple. Bali, Indonesia. Happy in Cuba. A buddhist monk novice. Laos. Old friends. Siem Reap, Cambodia. Russian Orthodox patriarch. Jerusalem, Israel. A shy smile in Roscoff, Bretagne, France. Praying by the Wailing Wall. Jerusalem, Israel. Blushing beauty in Darjeeling, India. Brazilian singer in carnival mood. Paris, France. A diamond earful. A flamboyant Roman. Contemplation. Three friends in Alghero. Ghost woman, Cuba. Flashing her angry red streaks. A folklore dancer in Malacca, Malaysia. Surprised bottega owner. Stresa, Italy. Practising for his fifteen minutes of fame. Happy mother, happy child. Cuba. Contemplating the candlelight. Jerusalem, Israel. Lost in his thoughts as the rain starts. Bali, Indonesia. Grey beard and corkscrew ringlets. Jerusalem. Israel. The white cap girl. Havana, Cuba. A glance of incredulence. Palestine. Cultural-heritage proud in New York, USA. A Bhutanese monk apprentice. Singing for supper. Oaxaca, Mexico. Worried about the future. Cuba. Three friends with an attitude. Betzet, Israel. Whimsy lady with her proper sense of fashion. India. Fashionable brand shopaholic. Milan, Italy. Living the blues. Nice, France. A glint in her eyes and a smile on her lips. Darjeeling, India. With determination in her eyes. India. The ocean view comes complimentary. Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy. Hunter, Tibet. A smile that makes for an excellent start of a perfect day. Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Defining his own role and looks. Milan, Italy. Disguised to fool the CCTV cameras when racing past the red lights. Stockholm, Sweden.. Blind before the marvels of Khajuraho, India. Lost in visions of the past. Orccha, India. Marked by age and sun. India. Nosejob elegance. India. Dressed in his Sunday best. Paris, France. A desert nomad. Morocco. An interesting profile. Milan, Italy. The blue ribbon gold star lady. India. With blue glasses and a cell phone you can conquer the world. New York, USA. The old miner offering artefacts. Real de Catorce, Mexico. One of the few monks surviving the Chinese invasion of the country. Lhasa, Tibet. Chilling with a toothpick at the airport. Houston, Texas. A living mannequin. New York, USA. Hairy and scary. New York, USA. Contemplation in the vanity mirror. Luang Prabang, Laos. Opera performer. Chengdu, China. The man with the keys. Antigua, Guatemala. Camouflaged in red. India. A tankard of Heineken. Milan, Italy. What a difference a hair makes … Paris, France. Red Indian in Europe. Locarno, Switzerland. Old woman with blue button. Puno, Peru. Protected, come rain or come shine. Saigon, Viet Nam. A Vietnamese smile. Vive la France! Tangoing in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Eying the subject with disapproval. New York, USA. Doña. Oaxaca, Mexico He was called The Golden Swallow of Democracy by the Mongolians. His real name was Sanjaasürengiin Zorig and the leader of the country's 1990 revolution. In 1998 he was assassinated at the age of 36. Some people do stand out. New York, USA. Proud Chiapaneca showing off her dress in Chiapa de Corzo, Mexico. Onion girl, Costa Rica. Weaver, Peru. Revolution in the air. Paris, France. Experienced blue agave harvester, Mexico. Hungry young lions can only go forward. New York, USA. Smoker with typical cigarette-holder, China. Feeling the music. New York, USA. The Tibetan look with lapis lazuli. Lhasa, Tibet. Ancient monk. Ulaanbaator, Mongolia. Getting worked up for the Chinese opera performance. Chengdu, China. My “handler”, who followed my every foot step across the countryside when I was covering the Mongolian revolution in its separation from the Soviet Union. A Russian babushka selling hot potatoes at one of the railway stops for the Trans-Siberian train. Mongol Buddhist high priest. Brightening up the limelight with a golden grin. New York, USA. A woman you stand no fighting chance against. French girl; Nice, France.
Summer's almost gone. Tuscany, Italy. Lighthouse in Bastia, Corsica, France. Yarn soaked in earth colours, Peru Autumn palette. Paris, France. The last flower arrangement before winter sets in. Jellyfish. Harvest time. Sardinia, Italy. Old Chinese lantern. Hoi .An, Viet Nam Helicopter time for some important politician. Mexico. Colourful bar life. San Francisco, USA. The game for this child was to find something in nature that matches her clothes. Isola Superiore, Lago Maggiore, Italy. Anonymous behind a mask. Venice, Italy. Old town. Nice, France. Family housing. Stockholm, Sweden. A colourful chaos. Crete, Greece. Tepoztlán, Mexico. Monochromatic bicycle. Berlin, Germany. Door graffiti. Qaqortoq, Greenland Colour-rich Cuba Grapes in different stages of ripeness. Vienna, Austria. Balcony, Hoi An. Viet Nam. Flowers that almost didn't make it. A colourful competition lost to Venetian masks. Ritual drum. Bhutan. Bright-coloured shopping mania. Lodz, Poland. Papaya bicycle
Precision petanque. Stresa, Italy. Perhaps the music he's listening to isn't particularly moving … Chilling at the edge of the Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Skydiving. Miraflores, Peru Ostrich race. Oudtshoorn, South Africa. Rollerskate cool. Paris, France. Racing against time. Northern Italy. Daring the depth. Rabat, Morocco. Windsurfing where the Atlantic and the Indian oceans clash. South Africa. Tango in Paris, France. Fishing where the Indian Ocean meets the Atlantic. Agulhas, South Africa. Running for his life. New York, USA. Scuba diving in South Africa. Cheerleading. San Francisco, USA. Pink sole high jump. Knysna, South Africa. Living the 1950's in Cuba (fifty years later). Breakaway moment 1990, leaving the Soviet Union. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. A steady stance and a small step forward for a picture of the world outside.
Cider serving expert. San Sebastian, Spain. The art of running a business with balanced inventory, controlled overhead, and production on the go. Barra de Navidad, Mexico. Dance performance in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Hoofing it like Emiliano Zapata. Revolution day, Tepoztlán, Mexico. Sadhu makeup with the help of a broken mirror. Orchha, India. Ike Turner in concert. Nice, France. The Bar Sur tango house band. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Pottery pro. El Fuerte, Mexico. Wild-eyed dancer. Rajasthan, India. Taking a phone order for a big omelette serving. Cape Town, South Africa. Yoga session on the beach. Tel Aviv, Israel. Zombiefest. Los Angeles, USA. Cutthroat business. Split, Croatia. A single-minded carpenter. Rome, Italy. Troubadour pondering a musical snore. El Fuerte, Mexico. Musical entertainment at Lapin Agile. Montmartre, Paris, France. A natural-born and very persuasive merchant. Antigua, Guatemala. A second-generation business that has depended on constant hair growth. Jaisalmer, India. Signing autographs in the wake of 9/11, 2001. New York, USA. At Café de Flore. Paris, France. Flamenco dancer. Lodz, Poland. Chinese opera performer getting ready for the stage. Chengdu, China. Bubble bath ballet. Gentlemen of the old school. Havana, Cuba. After retrieving the gallbladders from 3 snakes with a pen-knife, the oil-looking liquid was squeezed into a glass with a claim it ascertains a long life. The Snake King Restaurant, Guangzhou, China. A survivor of the defunct Soviet Union standing by a remnant of the Berlin cold war wall. Berlin, Germany. Red light district. Rome, Italy. Painting K2, the second highest mountain in the world, requieres remarkable eyesight. Darjeeling, India. A peek into the future on offer. New York, USA. Open-air barber shop. Chongqing, China. Preparing a goat skin the medieval way. Marrakesh, Morocco. Musician evoking "La Danza del Venado" (the Deer Dance). Sinaloa, Mexico. A colourful entertainer. Trinidad, Cuba. Driving comfortably. Warsaw, Poland. Bald and bold: a fully equipped NYPD cop, ready for everything. New York, USA. Street dentist at work. Lhasa, Tibet. Writing with a subtle wrist on a Chinese typewriter with one of the 25 interchangeble trays that each contain 2,000 characters. Two-stringed instrument in the hands of a Mongolian violinist. Catholic nun. Bethlehem, Palestine. Guru by the Ganges. Varanasi, India. A buddhist by the book. Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India. Enlightened. Jerusalem, Israel A one-man orchestra. Cuba. A professional with a strong back and pouring skills. Istanbul, Turkey. Weaver. Awana Kancha, Peru. Parading young trainee on Revolution Day. Tepoztlán, Mexico. Chinese opera singer. Chengdu, China. A dedicated stall owner, promoting his wares by trying to be as look-alike as his merchandise as possible. Bastia, Corsica, France. Cheesemaker. Palermo, Sicilia, Italy.
Grasping for air. Figuring out how to get down. A hairraising appearance in the Amazon rainforest. Bees busy making honey Metamorphosis. Bug out on a limb while feeding on it. Warrior bug. Goldenwings. Daddy long-legs. Pretty blue eyes. In search of nourishment. Hanging on to a thread of his own making. What's up, man … apart from my antennae? Ready for attack. Amorous swim on top of the lake. In the center of his own universe. The aliens are attacking. Baby riding on her mother's tail. Work under construction. Treading gently. Sudden death. Males looking for female company. Red alert over green menace. A moth-ful. With diamond-incrusted wings. Suction-feet wonder. Getting wet in the rain.