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Dresden, California, Poznan

Hofkirche, Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Hofkirche, Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Bastei, Saxon Switzerland, Saxony, Germany

Bastei, Saxon Switzerland, Saxony, Germany

Fürstenzug, Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Fürstenzug, Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Near California State Route 46, California, USA

Near California State Route 46, California, USA

Near Generals Highway, California, USA

Near Generals Highway, California, USA

Near Generals Highway, California, USA

Near Generals Highway, California, USA, a bit further down the road.

Parish Church in Poznan, Poland

Parish Church in Poznan, Poland


Impressions of Japan, Thailand and India

It has been a while since I blogged photos of my various travels, although I have visited quite a number of countries in the past 12 months, and travelled overland in a number of them. Here are a few selected shots from three: India (November/December), Thailand (January), Japan (June).

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These pictures are from Kyoto, Nara and Takayama in Honshu, Japan.

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All this is Bangkok, Thailand. Particular interest deserve the gold-based patterns used widely to adorn Thai architecture:

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And finally India (one picture NSFW!):

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This is Mumbai, Ellora, Ajanta, Aurangabad (in Maharashtra); Mandu, Sanchi, Gwalior, Khajuraho (Madhya Pradesh); Orchha, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh); Bangalore, Mysore (Karnataka).


Chorin

Chorin, Brandenburg, Germany

Chorin Abbey Church, Brandenburg, Germany. Yes, indeed, that's a crane.


Down the Amazon II

As a followup to this blog story here are a couple of non-panorama shots from the trip:

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Down the Amazon

After BOSSA in Manaus/Brazil we took a very enjoyable boat trip down the Amazon, to Santarém and particularly Alter do Chão, a ridiculously amazing island paradise with glaring white sand in the middle of the jungle:

Tapajos 2

The town is located on the Tapajós River:

Tapajos 1

Tapajos 3

Up the river you find the Tapajós National Forest:

Tapajos 4

From there we went on to São Luís, a beautiful old colonial town:

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Sao Luis 3

Sao Luis 4

Sao Luis 2

A windy and wet sailing catamaran ride from São Luís you find Alcântara, another old colonial town, now partly in ruins and deserted:

Alcantara 1

Alcantara 2

Alcantara 3


Horizontal Panoramas Are So 2009!

Horizontal panoramas are so 2009 -- which is why I now give you the vertical panorama:

Brussels Cathedral

Now if I wasn't too stupid to hold my camera steady shooting upwards, this could actually have been a really good picture.


India, 360 Degrees at a Time, Part Seven

Here's the seventh and final part of my ongoing series.

One of the grandest sights in Delhi is Humayun's tomb, a predecessor of the greatest mausoleum of them all, the Taj Mahal:

Humayun's Tomb

A little bit further down a view on the garden:

Humayun's Tomb

From a different corner:

Humayun's Tomb

We'll finish with our last panorama that shows the courtyard the Jama Masjid of Old Delhi:

Jama Masjid

That's all panoramas from this trip. Thanks for your interest.


India, 360 Degrees at a Time, Part Six

Here's the sixth part of my ongoing series.

Leaving Jodhpur we continued our journey to Jaisalmer, a sand castle of a town in the Thar desert:

Jaisalmer

In the vicinity of Jaisalmer you'll find cliche sand dunes like you'd expect from a grown-up desert:

Jaisalmer

Our next station after a long, cold and dusty train ride was Delhi. The principal mosque of Old Delhi is the Jama Masjid:

Jama Masjid

That's all for now, tomorrow I'll post the rest of my panoramas from this trip, all from Delhi.


India, 360 Degrees at a Time, Part Five

Here's the fourth part of my ongoing series.

After Udaipur the next stop on our trip was Jodhpur, the blue city. Which is called that way due of the blue colour of many of its houses:

Jodhpur

On a hill next to Mehrangarh Fort, one of the biggest Forts in India (the big sand castle on the hill in the panorama above), you find the Jaswant Thada, a memorial of the Maharajas of Jodhpur:

Jodhpur

Inside the fort you'll find highly decorated courtyards:

Jodhpur

That's all for Jodhpur, tomorrow I'll post more panoramas, from other stops of our trip.


India, 360 Degrees at a Time, Part Four

Here's the fourth part of my ongoing series.

After Hampi we went to Bangalore to attend foss.in. (Fantastic conference, btw. The concerts at the venue are unparalleled.) From there we flew up to Udaipur, in Rajasthan. Udaipur is (among other things) famous for being the place where the central scenes of Octopussy were filmed. Octopussy's famous white palace is on Jagniwas Island in Lake Pichola:

Udaipur

This panorama was taken from another island in the lake, Jagmandir Island, which is visible in the following shot on the left:

Udaipur

Udaipur's scenery, seen from the Maharaja's City Palace down onto Pichola Lake:

Udaipur

That's all for Udaipur, tomorrow I'll post more panoramas, from other stops of our trip.

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