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Moscow skyline

As mentioned a few days ago, the skyline of Moscow is lined with some huge buildings. It is not an attractive city like Amsterdam or Paris, but has the same charm as London and is definitely worth a...

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Cathedral domes in the Kremlin

Details of the roof of yet another Cathedral within the Kremlin walls. Luckily these all survived the cultural revolution that swept across the Soviet Union and later across China as well, as these...

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Russia for sale at Red Square

A babushka is selling Russian flags next to Red Square, and others are selling balloons and other plastic crap, while behind her a huge banner is trying to convince the Moscovites and more wealthy...

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More Cathedral domes in the Kremlin

One of our clients on the Mt Elbrus expedition who grew up in Australia in the sixties, was shocked at first by the directness and sometimes rudeness of the people in Russia. But then he warmed up to...

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Lovely hindu ladies in Pashupatinath, Kathmandu

From the dark skies of Russia to the warmth of Nepal! I was going through some slides for my Everest book and encountered these lovely ladies, whom I met in the Pashupatinath complex in Kathmandu. I...

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Between the steps: Climbers on summitridge of Everest

Climbers fighting their way up the last sections of Mount Everest. This is the relatively flat and easy stretch between the 2nd Step (seen in the back) and the 3rd Step (from which i am taking the...

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Basecamp of Carstensz Pyramid, Papua

Cold and wet and windy was our campsite at the foot of Carstensz Pyramid, the highest mountain of Australasia/Oceania. Though just a few kilometers lower the jungle is hot, here the cold and barren...

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Friendship highway towards the Tibetan Plateau

Tibet is mostly on a high plateau, but neighbour Nepal is about 3 kilometers lower. At the only bordercrossing a muddy road fights its way up the old continental divide – the Himalayas are a result of...

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Sunset in Flores, Guatemala

A fisherman slowly returns home, while the sun is setting over the lake near Flores, the island that is connected to the mainland by a bridge. Close to the majestic Maya ruins of Tikal, it is quite a...

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Everest from Rongbuk monastery

Hardly visible from Nepal, Mount Everest is majestic from the Tibetan side. Shot from close to the Rongbuk Monastery, the mountain is still more than 25km/16miles away… Shot in September 2004 with...

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