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Hong Kong at night, from Victoria Peak	An IFC monolith

Lucky Dessert neon	Hong Kong sign overload near Mong Kok

Sunset from Hong Kong Island	One of the stalls making Mong Kok overpoweringly smelly

Making the most of the land you've got	Cool arch up Nong Ping

Tian Tan Giant Buddha	The view from the Nong Ping cable car

431 km/h on the Shanghai maglev	Who wants some delicious whatever-this-is?

The Chinese Pizza Hut (Pizza & More) serves snails and octopus	Returning to the world of topiary and consumerism

Apple in the centre of some very expensive real-estate	Going out on the air-deck for some great stimulation

One of the Oriental Pearl Tower's pink globes	Pudong at night

The Customs House on the Bund	HSBC Building on the Bund

Colorful Tunxi shopping street	Mushrooms drying in Hongcun

Tasty foods in Hongcun	Cool building entrance in Hongcun

Lotus flower on the south lake at Hongcun	Bridge to the Hongcun entrance

Hongcun's south lake	Eroded slopes on Huangshan

Up and down Huangshan	Pine tree on Huangshan

Walking around Huangshan's jagged ridges	Crazy Huangshan walkways on sheer cliffs. Would not have wanted to be one of the guys building these.

Walkways stuck to the side of Huangshan	Pre-made watercolor that looks a lot like my friend and not at all like anyone Chinese

Watercolor artist in the lobby, hairdryer hidden away	Lilac sunset as the cloud creeps over Huangshan

Hotel equipment provided, for the executive volcanologist	Beihai Hotel, Huangshan, giving the bad weather news

The cheaper and even harder-sleeping accommodation option on Huangshan	We attempted to practice civilised behavior

To leave with the memory, please leave behind your virtue	Soaring up the Huangshan cable car

The hunchback of Huangshan	Awesome view along the Great Wall at Jinshanling

Steps to climb at Jingshanling	Walking along the Jinshanling section of the Great Wall

Starting the Jinshanling walk at Shalingzhai pass	Summer Palace boat attendant dude

Paddle-boaters on the Summer Palace lake	Recycler

Beijing at night	An old-school Beijing street in the evening

Slicing some seriously delicious duck	No cars on fire in the Forbidden City please

Mowing grass by hand in the Forbidden City... low labour costs	Golden lion playing with its cub

Golden lion paw resting on the world	Golden lion in the Forbidden City

Ceramic wall dragon	Happy turtle sculpture in the Forbidden City

Forbidden City roof	Mao's Red Army sculpture in Tiananmen Square

Plain red communist flags in Tiananmen Square	Policeman on a T-Robot self-stabilised scooter in Tiananmen Square

Looking back towards the Forbidden Palace, with Mao on the edge of Tiananmen Square	Tiananmen Square

Temple of Heaven decorative detail	Temple of Heaven

Sculptures on a Temple of Heaven building's roof ridges	In the Temple of Heaven

Beijing food - tasty but oily	Peking duck slicing (glove is on the wrong hand dude)

Tasty spicy beans	Represent

Please enter the Quality goocls Yoom	Rows of terracotta warriors

Terracotta warriors	Making mini terracotta warriors

People working in a Xi'an dumpling place	Folded tree in the Great Mosque

Drums in the Drum Tower	Old Drum Tower, new surveillance cameras

Xi'an street food	Crazy tuk-tuk driver #1

Camera dudes just wanted to play with my gear	Street vendor making amazing caramel animals with his hands

Smog drowning out the Big Wild Goose Pagoda	Ashen air in Xi'an

Appropriate Parking at the hostel	The scrum outside the Xi'an train station

A Chinese-style gate near Yichang	Critter by the Three Gorges Dam. I'm thinking red means poisonous.

The Three Gorges Dam in the mist	Three Gorges Dam lock doors opening

Going down, 4 to a lock	We woke up in the future

A dragon chasing us into the Three Gorges Dam locks	River vendor, umbrella, smoke, garbage in the water

Cliffside walkway on the Mekong River	Fishing on the Mekong River

Heading into the first of the Three Gorges	The broad Yangtze

Waterfall and conifers in Jiuzhaigou	A bride in Jiuzhaigou

Plentiful fish swimming past sunken logs in Jiuzhaigou	Colorful flags in a Tibetan village in Jiuzhaigou

Colorful Pool in Jiuzhaigou	Trees on the mountains in Jiuzhaigou

Blue lakes and trees in Jiuzhaigou	Beautiful clear turquoise pools in Huanglong

Yellow cascades in Huanglong	The top of Huanglong (take a polarising filter next time!)

Heathy forest and clear air at Huanglong	No scrabble in the Huanglong cable car please, word nerds

The view from the road to Huanglong in Ngawa	Oxygen in a can... you may need this

A monument to the revolution	Tasty sliced yak, omelette, and greens

Big girlie restaurant tang, near Jiuzhaigou Huanglong Airport	Chengdu growth, life, and decay

Can I get the intestines powder dish with a side of pee beef ball?	Rice serving bowl in a Leshan restaurant

Joss sticks by a Leshan temple	The epic Leshan Giant Buddha, from the river

Leshan Giant Buddha	The less pleasant side of China's developing economy

Blue apartments in Ya'an	A solo escalator to save you the climb back up from Bifengxia valley

Our excellent Sichuan tour guide, Ruby	Striking butterfly in Bifengxia

Baby panda thinking about what to have for lunch	Panda climbing a tree, considering a nap

Cute wee baby panda munching bamboo in Bifengxia	Recumbent panda having a scratch

Pandas butting heads	Beautiful pandas in Bifengxia

MY bamboo	Well-fed panda munching bamboo at Bifengxia

The striking Impression Liu Sanjie performance on water	Impression Liu Sanjie in the spectacular Yangshuo scenery

Yangshuo shopping street	Bamboo rafter on the Yulong River

I'd rather they didn't still do this for tourists - it seems unfair!	Cormorant fisherman demonstrating on the Yulong River

Punting in bamboo boats on the Yulong River	The beautiful Yulong River area

Who wants a glass of snake wine?	The conga line of boats cruising down the Li River

Karst landscape ranging around the Li River	People hanging out by the pagodas in the evening

Looking over Guilin city and karst landscape from Seven Star Park	Beautiful river scene in Seven Star Park

Lanterns in Seven Star Park	Monkey roaming in Seven Star Park

Mini-Golden-Gate-Bridge on the Guilin lakes	Cool tree by the lake

Panda put-put boats for hire on the lake	Stone boat on the lake

A nice spot in China - lake, trees, bridges, and karst in Guilin	Seating pigs around the lake in Guilin

Chinese "Aviation Food" - not to be confused with real food	Outdoor shower!

Excellent 24 haoa a dei kastoma kea	The local language - a more sensible English

Local food at the market - taro, kumara, fruit	Locals hanging out at the market

A break in the clouds on Aore	Noisy-ass warship parked off our balcony

Aore Resort	The logo from a crashed bomber's hull

Dumped WWII debris littering Million Dollar Point	WWII tank being slowly reclaimed at Million Dollar Point

Cool fish swimming past ruined WWII hardware	Beautiful school of fish at Million Dollar Point

A local man with crabs for dinner	Thunderstorm rolling in around Champagne Beach

A blue lagoon	Lava dripping back into one vent while the second erupts

Fireworks after twilight	Tanna erupting in front of us

At the foot of the smoking volcano	Crossing the cinder-plain to get to the volcano

The landscape around Tanna's volcano	Bamboo grove on Efate

Climbing up through the mele cascades on Efate	Port Vila sunset

Port Vila	Shielas' & blokes' loo on the highway

The creek oasis and domes at the end of King's Canyon	The 'Garden of Eden' oasis at the end of King's Canyon

Amazing domes on the King's Canyon walk	The sheer wall of Mereenie Sandstone

Long after fire	Winter desert bloom

King's Canyon	Mt Conner from the highway

Mt Conner from the air	Uluru red at sunset

BBQ at Yulara	Brown Honeyeaters (I think) in the Yulara carpark

Uluru from the Yulara village lookout	Ring-necked Bush Parrot by the Valley of the Winds walk

Looking along in Kata Tjuta's formations	Kata Tjuta's colors at sunrise

Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) from the plane	Climbers ignoring the requests and giving it a go

Kata Tjuta panorama from the Valley of the Winds walk	Brain-and-skull-shaped markings on Uluru's side

Oasis in Uluru's shade	Uluru's rock strata (and bonus Cyberman impression)

The surface texture of Uluru	Uluru's lines at sunset

Cockatoo Island/Bienale object?	On Cockatoo Island

Cockatoo Island	The curious Cockatoo Island

Amex building	Obligatory Opera House pic

	Bridge St

About to ambush my sugar	New friend

Sydney on a Monday morning	Wombat in Yengo National Park

Sydney, too fucking early in the morning after that flight	Actual sunny weather for a moment!

Looking around the point towards Dyrholaey	Nearing my target

Unexpected baby bird	This was probably not the best route

Snug gull chicks	Silhouette

Arctic tern	Vik í Myrdal

Vik í Myrdal's black-sand beach	Jökulsárlón panorama

Reflection on Jökulsárlón	Another LARC-5 amphibious craft

Piloting our LARC-5 in the lagoon	Iceberg in Jökulsárlón

Dirty iceberg in Jökulsárlón	Beautiful ice on Jökulsárlón

Iceberg and ice falls from Jökulsárlón	Sheparding icebergs around the lagoon

Jökulsárlón - as the fog starts to lift	Outlet of the massive Vatnajökull

Ashen landscape north of Vik	The road after Vik í Myrdal

Walking behind Seljalandsfoss	In Kerið crater

Kerið crater	Strokkur erupts

Gullfoss	A fissure from the separating continental plates at Þingvellir

Þingvellir	Geothermal power station (and typical mossy landscape)

Daylight finally starting to fade about 10pm	Skeleton of the National Music & Conference Centre

Late evening sun	Kinda Sauron-y church

Asmundur Sveinsson sculpture	Inside Hallgrímskirkja church

Hallgrímskirkja church on the hill above Reykjavik	Solfar sculpture on the Reykjavik promenade

Looking across the harbour from Reykjavik	Okay just slow the hell down, crazy chef

Zombie storytime in the cave	Entrance to the lava tubes

I CAN FLy on no sorry, never mind	Flouro colors at 2ºC

I'd like to say it's an abyss, but at least it's a hole between two continental plates	The Silfra Fissure past a co-snorkeller

The Silfra Fissure - 3ºC water, who's ready for a swim?	Looking for a kill in our wake

Lighthouse at Reykjavik	Blowhole

Our baby Minke	Gannets in the bay off Reykjavik

Puffin building up speed for take-off	First puffin!

Exposed landscape around the bay by Reykjavik	Captive

Epic 17th century Captives sculpture	Winged human-headed bull from around 713 BC Assyrian

Hollow cattle sculpture from the Congo	Cool nalu sculpture from Guinea

John Martin's awesome Pandemonium	It was a bit smaller than I expected

Winged Victory	Looking out of the Louvre atrium

The Louvre buildings	Sign in the Catacombs

Stone carving in the Catacombs	The Catacombs

Paris Metropolitan	The Eiffel Tower at night

Sunset off the Eiffel Tower	The tangle of support for the Eiffel Tower

Stained-glass window in Notre Dame	The peaceful Seine in summer

l'Arc de Triomphe	l'Arc de Triomphe at last

Jules Verne carousel rocketship	Jules Verne carousel down from La Defense

Vertical stripes - always fattening	Cool sculpture and gardens out the back of La Defense

La Defense	Crumpled floodgate valve of the wrecked Malpasset Dam

Remains of the deadly Barrage de Malpasset	My dinner order became the town news :)

Triumphal arch at Orange	The roman theatre at Orange

Le pont d'Avignon!	Cool sky over Avignon

Papal Palace, Avignon	Beautiful Tokyo streetside & shopfront

Wholesale onry	Please do it at home

Maman sculpture, Roppongi Hills	Delicious bento box from an Ebisu department store

Inokashira Park	Metal giant at the Studio Ghibli Museum

On the Chūō local line	Dingy Apple Inn Love Shop under the train tracks, Shimbashi

Blossoms in Hama-Rikyu Gardens	Nakagin Capsule Tower

Tokyo skyscraper	Motion driving simulators at Toyota's Amlux showroom

Kimono and headphones, Shinjuku	Shinjuku side street

Takeshita Dori St	Submariners memorial

Stone lion at a streetside shrine	Deep-sea diving sub at the Odaiba maritime museum

Amazing mechanical messaging computer in the Miraikan	Mechano-bionic machine display in the Miraikan

Gold needle sculpture in Odaiba	The distinctive gridlike Fuji Television building

Dog Bar outside Venus Fort	Artificial sky inside Venus Fort

Delicious fresh sushi, Tsukiji	Tsukiji sushi chefs

Tsukiji sushi worth waiting for	Pash Cafe sign in Akihabara

"Sailor uniforms" come in guy sizes too in Akihabara	And the unrealistic sex-stereotypes stores

Endless electronics stalls in Akihabara	Tokyo's Akihabara at night

Roadside skewer grill in Asakusa	Beautiful building near Asakusa

At the Sumida River at night	Monjayaki, cooking away

Monjayaki restaurant in Asakusa	My new fave sake... whatever brand that is

Delicious food from the noodle shop by Ueno station	12th Century paper scroll

6th century Chinese Head of Bodhisattva	The lines of the Gallery of Horiyuji Treasures, Tokyo National Museum

Stone lanterns by Ueno Park's temples	Ueno Park building at night

Ueno Park building at night	Benten-do shrine in the middle of Ueno Park's lotus ponds

Ueno pedestrian overpass architecture	Ueno JR station at night

Hill in the mist	Thinning trees by the Daiya River

Red maple leaves	Vibrant leaves in the Nikko township

Lunch (the tofu skin is delicious!)	Maple and building

Three trees in Autumn	Massive 'Ishidorii' stone gate at Toshogu Shrine

Fortunes	Upper Storehouse at Toshogu Shrine glinting in the wet

Torii and tourists in the rain	Stone lantern and tree

Path near the temples in Nikko	Daiya River bridge in Nikko

Those Gaudí arches again! Museum up in Casa Milà.	Serpent spine example from nature in the Casa Milà design museum

Seed pod examples from nature in the Casa Milà design museum	Looking along the alignment of Casa Milà to La Sagrada Familia

Ventilation for Casa Milà	Up-and-down rooftop due to the inverted catenary arches supporting the structure

Stairwell tops on the roof of Casa Milà	Atrium of Casa Milà

Casa Milà's curvy facade	"Dragon" decoration on the top of Casa Batlló

Gaudí's signature catenary arches	Styley light in Casa Batlló

Whirlpool ceiling in Casa Batlló	Spinal stairs in Casa Batlló

Seat for courting couple (with seat for chaperone) in Casa Batlló	The living room on Casa Batlló's facade

Casa Batlló at night	Upside-down weights model to determine the pillars for the crypt of the Church of Colònia Güell

Styley sketch of La Sagrada Familia Cubist sculpture	Sketch of that La Sagrada Familia Cubist sculpture

Cubist sculpture on La Sagrada Familia	Paper-maché? sculpture

Spires of La Sagrada Familia	Stairwell in a La Sagrada Familia spire

Stained-glass windows in La Sagrada Familia	Windows and light in La Sagrada Familia

Slanting pillars and clusters of sculptures at the entrance to La Sagrada Familia	Bunches of fruit on top of La Sagrada Familia

About the only traditional bit of La Sagrada Familia	Parque Guell entrance buildings

In the Suessian Parque Güell	Mosaic decorations on the seating around the plaza in Parque Güell

Sigh	Delicious pollo a la Catalán (Catalonian chicken)

Mushrooms at the market	Barcelona apartment

Dusk in Cuenca	Fluorescent light bars for "Chromosaturation"

Mind-bending space coloring of Carlos Cruz-Diez's "Chromosaturation"	Fernando Zóbel's "Jardín Seco" (Garden Fire)

Casas Colgadas (Hanging Houses) above the Huécar river valley	Casas Colgadas (Hanging Houses)

Catedral	Reflections and shadows on the Júcar River

Trees in Autumn over the Júcar River	El Rio de Júcar (The Jucar River) y La Puente San Antón & La Iglesia Virgen de la Luz (and The San Anton Bridge & The Lady of Light Church)

Belly-dancer	Belly-dancer

Belly-dancer	Pretty light patterns

Tour leader Brahim	BBQ dudes in the square

Marrakech square at night	Fountain in the Jadin Majorelle

Flowers in the Jardin Majorelle	Flowers in the Jardin Majorelle

Cactus in the Jardin Majorelle	Succulents in the Jardin Majorelle

Bamboo grove in the Jardin Majorelle	Graffiti-carved bamboo in the Jardin Majorelle

Ghassoul (soap-like clay)	Pigment stacks in the medina market

Pictographic election campaign hoardings	Koutoubia Mosque

Marrakech street	Menara Gardens basin

Yellow-eyed cat in the Menara Gardens	Moroccan flag above a local government building

Castle in the sand	Horse trekking along the beach

Will onna horse (inna sun)	Big 380-year-old Ficus tree (see tourmates for scale!)

"Viagra turbo" at the market	Eroded colors by the port

Eroded & corroded door near the port	Beautiful arched doorway

Beautiful deep blue door	Dogs hanging out by the paintings

Lucky cats getting the fish offal	Gulls

Old cannons along the seafront	In Essaouira's port

Porter, locals, tourist, gate from the port	Essaouira fishing boats

Turret by the sea	Essaouira beach & seabirds

Egyptian musicians at the bar	Apple shisha (meh)

Delicious Berber omelette	Cute/possibly tasty mini-goats

The view further up the mountains	Couscous aux sept legumes (couscous with 7 veggies)

Our host pouring sage tea (tasty)	"Action Couscous" teaches tagine cooking

Sunset skyline in Morocco	Sun sets on the Ksour

"Action Couscous" pours us mint tea	Ait Benhaddou

Old-school film projector at the cinema museum	Big props at the cinema museum

Si demonstrates the props at the cinema museum	Prison cell set

Movie sets at Ouzzarte	Ned from the American Peace Corp with workshop guys

Fresh dates c/o nice old woman in palmerie	Dates off the tree... turns out they're bright yellow

River down by the palmerie	Irrigated fields and date palms

Old settlement across the river from the palmerie	Palmerie south of the Todra Gorge

Berber freemen flag	Red stone house

Parched hillsides up from the river	Old & new settlements below Todra Gorge

Old houses dissolved by the rain	The drinks fridge

Rosehip	The unassuming but stauch tamarisk

Agriculture in the Todra Gorge	Agriculture south of the Todra Gorge

Todra Gorge	Whisky deoderant?

Fishy fossils	Dusty but peaceful southern Moroccan towns

Semi-nomadic jewelry stall	Painting-like Erg Chebbi dunes

The morning camel train back to the van	My trusty steed

Sunglow and tourmates	Half-risen sun over the Sahara

6am, tired and half-asleep on the Erg Chebbi dunes	The path up our dune

Pre-dawn over the Sahara	6am, looking down at our desert camp between the dunes

Moths to the flame at our desert camp	Brahim and Bedouin guide #2 silhouetted in the distance

Our caravan in the Erg Chebbi dunes	Camel shadows on the dunes past Merzouga

Bedouin man leading our camel train	Camel shadows on the Erg Chebbi dunes

Starting in to the Sahara	Our camel train in front of the Erg Chebbi dunes

Kasbah in the Sahara desert	Temperature rising into the Sahara

Sand erosion barriers	A long river oasis

Oversize truckloads	Porous scoria from a mountain pass

Young women embroidering at the Franciscan's	Performers

Brahim getting into the spirit of it	Clatterers (do not want)

Berrem kids	Berrem kids (and tour guide Brahim)

Berrem kids	Berrem village

Berrem village mosque	Clay house in Berrem village

No desert here	Apparently one of the tastiest tagines in Morocco

Less-malicious macaques in Morocco	Round coke

Still green after summer at higher altitude	Morocco's Switzerland

TV, always the first outreach ministry of western-style consumerism :(	Wedding chair shop? There's a shop for everything in the medina...

Decoration in the Qaraouiyine mosque	Our Fez medina guide talks about the Qaraouiyine mosque

Squash on strings	Nzala el Oudaia/Mikkés Dam?

Signs point to brothel	Ass-backwards drinking game mosaic

Ancient floor mosaics	The communal loos. Where are you and where is the poo?

Covered aqueduct	Triumphal Arch

Corinthian column	Ionic column

Capitol columns with stork's nest	Ceremonial altar

The basilica	Inscribed plinths around the forum

The forum	Many ruined buildings

Columns of the forum & basilica on Volubilis's hill	Holey walls in Meknes

Outside the King's palace in Meknes	Meknes granaries

Wells in the Meknes granaries of Moulay Ismael	Oranges c/o nice Iraqi-American couple

Bird of Paradise flower	Mausoleum of Mohammed V

By the mausoleum of Mohammed V	Original mosque wall fragment

The incomplete Hassan Tower and mosque columns	Eroded sandstone star

Supervising cat	Wall stencil art near the coast

A Kasbah entrance	Rabat coastal wall

Covered market street	Hot, sweet mint tea in Morocco

Casablanca beach by the Hassan II Mosque	Turkish bath under the Hassan II Mosque

Ritual washing room in the Hassan II Mosque	Patterns in the Hassan II Mosque

Decorative lightshade in the Hassan II Mosque	Intricate nutch decor

Main hall in the Hassan II Mosque	Archway facade at the Hassan II Mosque

Hassan II Mosque	Prickly Pears

Prickly Pear vendor	Cat under car in Casablanca

Chefchaouen	Tree above Chefchaouen

Old mosque being restored	Donkeys carrying the everpresent JPG bottles

Orange tree	Chefchaouen's official shoe-fixer

Traditional Moroccan silly hats	Berber man

Melded buildings	Chefchaouen steps

Doorway of our hostel	Sight of the Kasbah from our accomodation's roof

Baba ghanoush?, awesome olives, bessara	Chefchaouen at night

First sight of Africa	Garlic soup (with bread, ham, poached eggs, tasty)

Melissa tries Vino Tinto (red wine plus lemonade I think)	Only a British company would proudly name itself Bland

It's apparently Not For Girls	Crappy "official tourist guide" coaxed monkey to run up and grab people's heads

Little monkey trawling through rubbish bins	Fat monkey eaty junk food

Barbary Macaques preening in the Upper Rock nature reserve	Barbary Macaques huddling on a cannon in the Upper Rock nature reserve

Barbary Macaque in the Upper Rock nature reserve	Barbary Macaque in the Upper Rock nature reserve

Razor ridgeline of the Rock	Ancient sentry post watching for trouble from the Med

Cave in the Gibraltar limestone	Wild olives on Gibraltar's hills

Tasty pomegranate	The Med from Gibraltar

Interesting Jewish cemetery near the main entrance to the Gibraltar reserve	Old fortifications around Gibraltar

In time of trouble and no more	Sentry posts in Gibraltar

Hanging flowers by the road	British-style booze shop in Gibraltar

British-style mail box in Gibraltar	Walking across the runway just after the Gibraltar border

British-style phone booth in Gibraltar, 5m after the border	Gibraltar from around the bay

Great extended sunset from the train	Disused grain elevator by the railway going south

A bit of sizzle and smoke in the Granada cathedral square	Oily, salty eggplant goodness

Melissa, camera, paella, and... brain omelette	Melissa and paella

So hot even the prickly pears are dehydrated	Cave-houses up the Sacromonte valley

Brain-flower, my fave in the Alhambra gardens	Purple hair-product flowers in the Alhambra gardens

Colorful rose in the Alhambra gardens	Horse tie-ups around Charles V's palace in the Alhambra

Inner courtyard of Charles V's palace in the Alhambra	Defensible point of view from the Alhambra's alcazaba (citadel)

Date palm and tower in the Alhambra	"Honeycomb" ceiling in the Alhambra's Hall of the Abencerrajes

Window onto Granada from the Alhambra	Fountain in the Alhambra Generalife garden courtyard

Plasterwork in the Alhambra	Geometric tile patterns on walls in the Alhambra

Courtyard with pool in the Alhambra	Cats by the river

Granada streets	Granada old and new

Custardy goodness	Delicious spinach and chickpea casserole

Back at our favourite restaurant	Strategically placed fig leaves on carved coffin

Roman lead sarcophagus embossing detail	Roman lead sarcophagus

Córdoba-style cabling solutions? Note ropes...	Courtyard in the Alcázar

Stone window in the Alcázar	Date palms of the Jardins del Alcázar (Gardens of the Fortress), with the Mezquita belltower in the background

Tasty food - salt cod salad, sheep's milk cheese, gazpacho	Excellent restaurant in Córdoba

Metal lampshade in a Jewish historic house	Narrow streets in the Jewish quarter

Upper of orange-yellow stone gate to the Jewish quarter	Mezquita walls in the fading light

Mezquita orange courtyard	Mezquita bell tower

Colored window to the Mezquita courtyard	Oil of the catacombs/sacred oil/oil of the sick

Chapel ceiling in the Mezquita	Ornate plaster cathedral choir ceiling

Vaulted ceiling in the Mezquita	Poorly placed columns

Now-dark interior of the former mosque	Fine-scale mosaic above an arch in the Mezquita

Ornate overload in the Mezquita	Ornate roof inside the Mezquita

Arabic decorative details over a Mezquita alcove	Chapel inside the Mezquita

Brick or painted stone?	Red and white arches in the Mezquita mosque/cathedral

Courtyard of the Mezquita	Belltower from the orange & palm grove of the Mezquita

Arches on the wall of the Mezquita	Olive trees by the train tracks

Atocha station	Spinning carousel of tasty pastry in the Casa Mira window

Parrots in the Parque del Retiro	Lake and statue in the Parque del Retiro

Trees in the Parque del Retiro	Parque del Retiro gate

Gardens at the back of the Museo del Prado	Parroquia San Jerónimo El Real

Monuments in Madrid (locked behind fences)	Hong Kong International Airport

Hong Kong International Airport	Sunrise in Hong Kong International Airport

Paging Dr Freud	Inside a sculpture on campus

The WWII-damaged Kaiser William Memorial Church	Nazi-branded S-Bahn train from the 40s

Fecking big locomotive	WTF, asymmetric camel

Patrick the cow	Everyone loves eisbären (aka. polar bears)

Warmer penguins outdoors	Looking at you

	Currywürst, I missed you

Rucola Salat mit Parmesanmousse	Lemongrass beer, wussy enough for me to like it

Island skyline silhouettes from the lagoon	Bone on the ossuary island

Ossuary island (rear) & marshes in the lagoon	Questionable fishing net techniques in the lagoon

Vines and ornamentals on Torcello	Old church on Torcello

Multi-colored Burano houses	The Leaning Tower of Burano

Multi-colored Burano houses	Those Italians and their towers, eh

They used to use arsenic on a tiny island half a meter above sea level 50m from the shore?	Murano: canals, but less crowded

Venice evening	Flowers on Venice Island

Venice Island canals	Yummy octopus with tomato and creamy polenta

Modern frieze on Calle Del Morion	Gondolla overturned, 3 children in water

St Marco Basilica	In San Marco Square

Baby fish at the water-door in the Palazzo Ducale	Golden Staircase in the Palazzo Ducale

Last bridges without handrails in Venice	Watching the tourists

Venice Island's Grand Canal	Not-so-hidden canal (and Bologna not Venice!)

Window on 'hidden' canal	Contents: 7 churches

Bologna porticos	Neptune's fountain

Due Torre (Two Towers - both on a lean)	Learning to punt

Learning to punt	In the Botanic Gardens

Lilypads in the Botanic Gardens	The Radcliffe Camera

Christ Church	Christ Church

London Underground	Baby figs with syrup and mascapone

Imperial War Museum	A park folly

Swans on the Round Pond	Lunchtime in London

Spoils of war from the Harrods Food Court	Cob Nuts, Rambutan, and Persimmon in the Harrods Food Court

Harrods	Cornish Pasty

Tower Bridge	Tower of London Raven

Waterloo Block, Tower of London	Traitor's Gate

The Tower of London	Detail of Zhan Wang's sculpture in the British Museum's Great Hall

Shelter	St Paul's across the Millenium Bridge

The Lloyds Building	The London Cocktail Onion

The London Gherkin	The Gherkin

Leadenhall Market	Leadenhall Market

Chinese Ginseng Wine... best mixed with lemonade, or anything other than ginseng wine	British pub food... Yorkshire Pudding and roast

The Pirate Club	Canal boats from "Little Venice"

Many mushrooms at Burough Market	Cheeses and meats at Burough Market

Wimpy Restaurant	Big Ben

Moon Jellys	Black Sea Nettles

Pacific Sea Nettles	Flower Hat Jellyfish

Small 2cm-across jellyfish	Chinese Sturgeon

Tropical fish in the Ocean Park aquarium	Sharks in the big Ocean Park aquarium

Ying Ying, Ocean Park	Jia Jia, Ocean Park

Excellent Jasmine tea, tasty BBQ Pork Buns, sea-slug-like vegetable dumplings	Tasty Green Apple Juice, Wonton Soup, Chicken And God Knows What Dumplings

Maxim's Restaurant in City Hall for dim sum	Recognise this subway art?

Crab for dinner on Cheung Chau Island	South China Sea from Nam Tau Tin Hau temple

Gameplayers outside Nam Tau Tin Hau temple	Cheung Chau temples

Cheung Chau temples	Cheung Chau beaches

Egg Tart and a muffiny thing	Dried fish stalls on Cheung Chau Island

Fishing boats in Cheung Chau's port	Old and new in Hong Kong's harbour

Central Pier	Hong Kong architecture

Hong Kong at night, from Victoria Peak	Hong Kong Island at night, from Kowloon

Lush red subway-station tiling	Clone buildings vs. dense green bush

Theraputic pebble walk	Brightly colored flying bug on the hill trails

Unknown spiky plants in the WWII kitchens	Vibrant cactus in the WWII kitchens

Flowers in the WWII kitchens	Flowers in the WWII kitchens

Flowers and butterflies in the WWII kitchens	Flowers in the Hong Kong Island hills

WWII communal kitchens	Views down to the Hong Kong Island city

Contains disappointingly little cocktail, but does have random poetry	Hong Kong harbour

Kowloon/mainland Hong Kong, from Quarry Bay	Talk to the trapped passenger

Tai Chi in the park in Quarry Bay	A writer of songwriters

	Coast by London Arch

London Arch (Ex-London Bridge)	Lace curtains

Near Loch Ard Gorge	The Razorback, by Loch Ard Gorge

Loch Ard Gorge	The Twelve Apostles

The Twelve Apostles	Still looks like NZ to me

Apparently in Australia	The other option was 'Rainbow Swirl'

First ocean	Now ugly enough to be kitsch

Persons allowed in BBNT	BBTN opening times... to the minute

Frankfurt at dusk	Apfelwine (apple cider) and a delicious heart attack at Atschel

Sun going down on the Main River at Frankfurt	Rabbit

Heidelberg sunset, from Königstuhl	Heidelberg at dusk, from Königstuhl

The older funicular to the summit of Königstuhl	Random findings in Heidelberg

Heidelberg Castle in the fading sun, early autumn (stiched panorama)	Heidelberg from across the river

The Heidelberg Castle, from across the river	Heidelberg Altstadt & Alte Brücke

The giant keg	The second-generation moat

Advanced toilet technology	Ornate door inlays in Friedrich's Building

A stove/heater sitting-place in Friedrich's Building	Stove/heater hatches in the hall in Friedrich's Building

A stove/heater in Friedrich's Building	Friedrich's Building from the Heidelberg castle courtyard

The Ludwig Building from the Heidelberg Castle courtyard	Ottheinrich's Building from the Heidelberg Castle courtyard

Entrance to Heidelberg Castle's courtyard	Heidelberg Castle's Powder Tower

Model of the Heidelberg Castle ruins (opposite side)	Model of the Heidelberg Castle ruins

Breakfast in Germany	Ferns? In Germany? Guess so.

Walking along the railway tracks	Scenic trails in the Black Forest

Talspeere/dam over the Schwarzenbach River	Beautiful forest in the Schwarzwald

Stripped fir trees	In the Black Forest

The Murg Valley	Morning sunrays through the trees

The Murg under Forbach's covered bridge, early morning	Early morning in Forbach

Swarzwald Kirschtorte (Black Forest Gateau)	Forbach's covered bridge over the Murg

'God rays' over the Hechingen countryside	Early autumn trees

Hechingen & countryside from Burg Hohenzollern	Castle & autumn trees

Burg Hohenzollern from close	Burg Hohenzollern courtyard

The spiral entrance to Burg Hohenzollern	Entering Burg Hohenzollern

Burg Hohenzollern (it's only a model/shh?)	Slowly getting there...

4km to go... keep walking...	Bark (in the Stuttgart Schlossgarten)

Stuttgart Schlossplatz & Königsbau	Stuttgart Schlossplatz & Neues Scloss

Sauerbraten (Swabian roast ox dish)	Our alien friends

Munich, with even more authentic post-Oktoberfest camera angle	Munich, with authentic post-Oktoberfest camera angle

Ein maß (aka beer)	From here on in, pretty much everyone is drunk

Sorbet (with candied ginger stem?) rules	Yummy ravioli with steinpilzen (ceps/porcini)

Corn drying on the side of a house	Fir trees & mountains, from near Patsch

Valleys and mountains, from Hafelekar	Looking down the Alps, from Hafelekar

Innsbruck and beyond from Hafelekar	Looking over Innsbruck from the bottom of the Nordpark

The view from Patsch, bright & early	Twilight over the Alps, from Patsch

The Goldenes Dachl (Golden Roof), Innsbruck	Brillant liquor shop in Innsbruck

The Alps from the Wipptal through Innsbruck	Real Wiener schnitzel!

Prolly more interesting in person	Castle Aggstein

Burg Aggstein's commanding view over the Danube (2)	Burg Aggstein's commanding view over the Danube (1)

Fahrafeld close tag (nerd joke alert!)	More cowbell

Interesting plants with spindly things, anyone know what they are?	Fire Salamander!

Valleys in Austria	Vienna city streets

Peterskirche high frieze & oculus	Peterskirche interior

Peterskirche	Votives in St Stephen's Cathedral

Pulpit in St Stephen's Cathedral	St Stephen's Cathedral - Vienna architecture, old..

Vienna architecture, new..	In the Hofburg Burggarten

Antique duck squeezer	Secret Austrian Imperial bread-roll-holding napkin folding technology (no, really)

Imperial dinner service goldware	As it happens, Freud was Austrian...

Imperial treasury & riding school in the Hofburg	The Minoritenkirche

The Hofburg Burgtor

Maria Theresien Monument	Maria Hülf Church interior

Maria Hülf Church	The best würst?

Postscriptum Dr. Ludwig Keplers	Calendar in the Kepler Museum

Bust of Johannes Kepler	Winner of the biggest-tower competition, Regensburg

The Steinerne Brücke over the Danube	Painted window in the Regensburg Cathedral

Chapel in the Regensburg Cathedral	Regensburg Cathedral

Too cute not to post	We rate this burčák stuff!

St. Barbara Church, Kutná Hora	Coat of arms in the Sedlec Ossuary

The Sedlec Ossuary chandelier, contains every bone in the human body	Bone pyramids in the Sedlec Ossuary

The Sedlec Ossuary	Genuine filth is so rare these days

Aren't you a bit short to be stormtroopers?	We totally failed here

Fred & Ginger	Sunset over Prague

Me showing... not so much the Poweriser skills	Charles showing his Poweriser skills

Not the fries you were expecting	Fresh ones cost more

Cool lift shaft in the town hall tower	Charles in the town hall tower

Looking over Prague to Prague Castle	Borscht

The Old New Synagogue (really)	The Church of St James

You can see why the guy has a headache	Current "pointiest building" world record-holder

Prague-style ornate ironwork	The main Astronomical Clock dial

The Astronomical Clock tower	The Prague National Theatre building at night

Streetside cocktails, we likey!	Sculpture on Charles Bridge

Cool door & facade of the Italian Embassy in Prague	Hrm, Eve wearing clothes?

Painted glass window & painting in the Prague Castle cathedral	Window ornamentation on the Prague Castle cathedral

Cathedral at Prague Castle	Sculptures at Prague Castle

At the Gemäldegalerie	No prizes for guessing which one's mine :)

You can make up your own joke for this one :)	'Seats' in a standing-cafe

Bratwurst on Rails	Kaffee und Kuchen

Berlin Currywürst	Orangerie at Sanssouci

Weird stumpy things (anyone know about these?)	Weird tree with stumpy things (see next photo)

Hall ceiling fresco in the New Palace	Hall in the New Palace

Decorative columns in the New Palace	Beautiful chandelier in the New Palace

Those ones are just for the workers!	The Sanssouci New Palace

Golden Chinese Tea House sculptures	Chinese Tea House at Sanssouci

Sanssouci palace grounds	Courtyards at Sanssouci

Sculpted freize detail at Sanssouci	Sans Souci ('Without Cares')

The Berlin Victory Column	Fading colors in the Tiergarten

Late afternoon in the Tiergarten	Memorial to Soviet soldiers

Inside the Reichstag cupola	The Reichstag building

	Berlin scars

	De-swamping pipes

The Berlin Wall	The Berlin Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe

The Berlin Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe	The epic Brandenburg Tor (Gate)

Great when you see it in 3d, but you might have to take my word for it :)	Cuneiform tablet

Ishtar Gate detail showing painted molded brick sculptures	Model of Babylon's Processional Way and Ishtar Gate

Babylon's Procession Way	Lesser Ishtar Gate at the Pergamon Museum

The Trabi Safari	The Berliner Dom

An overcast overview of the Berlin quarter that includes Museum Island, the Reichstag, and a bunch of other historical places	The imposing Cologne Dom

Interesting fruit (and plentiful figs)	Found another Hang player

Cologne at last	Why don't we do this to more ugly industrial facilities?

	The Ludendorff Bridge piers (now contain a peace museum)

Ancient cranes	And some sweet palatial houses

Not short on churches either



Wine comes in carafes

Castles and churches on the Rhine

Bergische Waffeln (mit saurkirschen)

	More lovely tropical flowers

Action shot	Up periscope! Er, periscopes!

	Birds by Ikea

	More storks

No babies to deliver today?	A clutter of pink flamingos

	Chirpy tropical birds

BirdPark "panorail"	Penguins (action shot)

Penguins (at rest)	Penguins!

The Singapore MRT trains	Hindi temple in Singapore

Mystery Indian vege #3 (macro)	Mystery Indian vege #3 (about 40cm long!)

Mystery Indian vege(s) #2	Mystery Indian vege #1

Mmmm batura	Somebody call Guinness

Singapore orchids #2	Singapore orchids #1

Singapore bridges	Duckies!

Nice Singapore public urban spaces	Lobster onna plane (inna bun?)

Musical bells artwork	Melbourne riverside

The Eureka Tower	Giant baby dodgems

St Patrick's Cathedral (I think)	Royal Exhibition Building

Melbourne ANZAC War Memorial	Like the detachable lights on undercover cop cars

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