Tuesday 30 September 2008

Saturday 27 September 2008

Irrawaddy river

From Mandalay to Bagan, Burma/Myanmar. Bamboo transportation

Thursday 25 September 2008

Saturday 20 September 2008

Boudhanath

One of the world's largest stupas, Boudhanath is generally aknowledged to be the most important Tibetan Buddhist monument outside Tibet, about 5km northeast of downtown Kathmandu, Nepal.

Sunday 14 September 2008

Camel ride

... with the Samburu.
Maralal, Kenya

Friday 12 September 2008

Galta

Galta is a collection of 250 year old temples grouped around a sacred water tank, 3km west of Jaipur (Rajasthan), India.

Thursday 11 September 2008

Philae Temple

For over 50 years the Island of Philae and its monuments lay half-submerged in water built up by the Aswan Dam and barrages during annual inundations, until the UNESCO rescue operations for the Nubian monuments in the 1960s. The temples have now been completely dismantled and rebuilt to the original orientation on the nearby island of Agilika which rises higher from the water and has been reshaped and landscaped to resemble the original Philae.
The surviving monuments of Philae have been built through several dynasties and were re-used by the early Christians until the temple was finally closed by the Emperor Justinian in 550AD. The main temple is dedicated to Isis and was the centre of the cult of Isis and Hathor during the Roman Period. It was the last pagan temple in use in Egypt.

Wednesday 10 September 2008

Ushuaia



Ushuaia is the capital of Tierra del Fuego province, Argentina, and the southernmost city in the world. 


Dec. 20, 10.30pm (the longest day is the 21st)

Tuesday 9 September 2008

Beagle Channel

O Canal Beagle é um estreito que separa as ilhas do Arquipélado da Tierra del Fuego, no extremo meridional da América do Sul.
Deve o seu nome ao navio HMS Beagle, que transportou Charles Darwin na sua famosa viagem, enquanto naturalista amador.
Todas as fotos foram tiradas em território da Argentina.
The Beagle Channel is a strait separating islands of the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago, in extreme southern South America.
It got its name after the ship HMS Beagle where Charles Darwin made his famous voyage as an amateur naturalist.

All photos taken at Argentina territory.

Monday 8 September 2008

Carrapateira: the village

Dunes and sea in the backgroungThe small village of Carrapateira is located on the southwest coast of Portugal (Costa Vicentina), 280kms from Lisbon, in the heart of a wonderful natural park, containing a great number of marine and terrestrial wildlife species.