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· TRAVELJAPANKyoto Nights
After the thousand red torii of Fushimi Inari Taisha, an evening walk in search of dinner leads me into a lantern-lit backstreet that captures everything I love about this city.
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· TRAVELNORWAYReine, Lofoten
Reine is, for many, the most beautiful place in Norway - red rorbuer huts by the water, steep granite peaks rising behind them, and a fjord that doubles everything on a still day.
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· TRAVELNORWAYUnstad Beach
Unstad on the Lofoten Islands is an arctic surf spot north of the Arctic Circle - surfers in freezing water against a rugged mountain backdrop, a rough and unusual kind of beauty.
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· BAVARIAMilky Way
Just stumbled over this older image of the Milky Way above rural #bavaria. Can’t wait for some more #stargazing next summer.
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· TRAVELGREECEThe Windmill of Oía
One of Santorini's famous white windmills stands at the northern tip of Oía - on my last day on the island it glowed pure white against a deep blue Aegean sky.
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· TRAVELGREECEOía on the Caldera
The white houses of Oía tumble down the cliff in terraces towards the caldera - the vast, water-filled volcanic bay that gives Santorini its unmistakable shape.
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· TRAVELGREECECats of Oía
Oía on Santorini is better known for its sunsets and the white houses that nestle defiantly against the steep cliffs. However, the street cats are also omnipresent here.
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· BAVARIALake Sylvenstein
What a wonderful scene at the Sylvenstein reservoir! I love this moment when the morning mist creates almost surreal landscapes. The Sylvensteinspeicher is an artificial lake, fed by the River Isar, located in the south of Bavaria, nestled in a magnificent Alpine landscape and surrounded by dense forest.
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· TRAVELICELANDSkógafoss
The beautiful Skógafoss Waterfall in Southern Iceland, one of the biggest waterfalls in Iceland, with a drop of 60 meters and a width of 15 meters and one of the most popular places to visit in Iceland. The breath-taking view of Skogáfoss waterfall and scenic surroundings are some of Iceland’s major attractions.
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· TRAVELICELANDReynisfjara
The black lava beach of Reynisfjara near Vík, with its basalt columns and the Reynisdrangar sea stacks, is one of the most surreal places I have ever photographed in Iceland.
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· TRAVELICELANDGljúfrabúi
Right next to the famous Seljalandsfoss, a second waterfall hides behind a crack in the rock - Gljúfrabúi, reachable only by wading through the stream into a narrow cave canyon.
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· TRAVELICELANDKirkjufellsfoss
Below the strikingly shaped Kirkjufell mountain on the Snæfellsnes peninsula tumbles the small waterfall Kirkjufellsfoss, one of Iceland's most photographed spots, and standing there I understood why instantly.
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· TRAVELICELANDSnæfellsnes
Often called Iceland in miniature, Snæfellsnes pairs a wild coastline with a little-known waterfall, all watched over from a distance by the glacier volcano Snæfellsjökull.
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· TRAVELICELANDThe Icelandic Highlands
The uninhabited highlands at the center of Iceland can only be reached via gravel F-roads and river fords - a barren, volcanic expanse of moss and black ash, far from everything.
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· TRAVELICELANDGullfoss
At Gullfoss, the golden waterfall on the Golden Circle, the Hvítá river drops through two stages into its canyon, and I go looking for an angle beyond the usual postcard view.
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· TRAVELSCOTLANDLoch Arklet
Loch Arklet sits in the heart of the Trossachs, between Loch Katrine and Loch Lomond - a small, quiet loch just west of Stronachlachar and its pier café, where hardly anyone comes in winter.
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· TRAVELSCOTLANDKilchurn Castle
Kilchurn Castle, the picturesque ruin on the shore of Loch Awe, was once the seat of Clan Campbell and usually appears wrapped in a misty, mystical light against a mountain backdrop.
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· TRAVELSCOTLANDLoch Katrine
In the heart of the Trossachs lies Loch Katrine, a loch where winter leaves almost no sound at all. This was once Rob Roy's country, and the place that gave Walter Scott the material for The Lady of the Lake.
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· TRAVELJAPAN東京タワー
Tokyo Tower, the famous landmark as seen from World Trade Center Tokyo. I highly recommend the observation deck up there: Beautiful views and the ever-present vending machines.
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· TRAVELENGLANDTower Bridge
The Victorian bascule bridge over the Thames, with its two neo-Gothic towers, is one of London's most recognisable landmarks – and is still, to this day, mistaken for the far plainer London Bridge.
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· TRAVELENGLANDBig Ben
The Elizabeth Tower at the Palace of Westminster is popularly known as Big Ben, though that name technically belongs only to the great bell inside – a neo-Gothic landmark standing right on the Thames.
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· TRAVELNEPALHotel Everest View
At around 3,880 metres above Namche sits one of the highest hotels in the world. I am going through my photos again from its terrace, looking out at Everest and the elegant Ama Dablam.
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· TRAVELJAPANKamakura Bamboo Forest
At Kamakura's Hokoku-ji, known as the bamboo temple, thousands of slender stalks offer a stillness I hadn't found anywhere in Tokyo, ending at a quiet teahouse and a bowl of matcha.
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· TRAVELNEPALNamche Bazaar
Namche Bazaar, the Sherpa capital and gateway to the Everest region, is built like an amphitheatre into a steep hillside at around 3,440 metres. For us it was the crucial acclimatisation stop on the way to base camp.
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· TRAVELNEPALLukla
Tenzing-Hillary Airport in Lukla is considered one of the most dangerous runways in the world – a short, steeply sloped strip that ends abruptly against the mountainside, and for us, the true beginning of our journey into the Everest region.
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· TRAVELBAVARIAWalchensee
Lake Walchensee is one of Bavaria's deepest and largest Alpine lakes – deep blue, clear water set against a dramatic mountain backdrop that repeatedly drew the painter Lovis Corinth to his easel.
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· TRAVELSWEDENStockholm
A short trip to Stockholm produced one of my favourite shots from that time. The city sits on fourteen islands, and in the low November light Gamla Stan glowed almost gold.
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· TRAVELSWEDENOset Nature Reserve
On the edge of Örebro, where the river Svartån flows into Lake Hjälmaren, lies the Oset Nature Reserve. A wetland and bird paradise that stands in glowing colour every autumn.
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· TRAVELSWEDENSveafallen
Near Degerfors lies Sveafallen, a natural area of glacier-smoothed rock, small falls and pothole basins. In autumn, water shows itself here in every shape and stage.
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· TRAVELBAVARIASchleissheim Palace
New Palace Schleissheim in Oberschleissheim near Munich, with its strictly symmetrical Baroque garden, was conceived as the Wittelsbachs' answer to Versailles – and still feels remarkably unassuming for such an ambition.
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· TRAVELBAVARIAPartnach Gorge
Partnach Gorge near Garmisch-Partenkirchen is one of Bavaria's most fascinating natural monuments – a narrow ravine carved over millennia by the Partnach mountain stream into rock walls up to 80 metres high.
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· SCOTLANDGlen Coe
This is the Scotland I love: Rough weather and a rough landscape of an untamed beauty. I found this little bridge in Glen Coe in the Scottish Highlands.
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· BAVARIATRAVELBack to Munich
On our flight back to Munich early in the morning I captured this view of the Bavarian countryside. I find it quite amazing how evenly spread all these little farms are.
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· TRAVELNEPALSuspension
On our second leg we had to pass several suspension bridges. The Hillary Bridge is one of the better-known ones and even had an appearance in the 2015 movie “Everest”.
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· TRAVELNEPALKathmandu
Being back in Kathmandu is almost unreal. All the noise, the many people, narrow alleys are a huge contrast compared to what we were just able to experience in the Himalayas.
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· NEPALTRAVELHidden in Clouds
Getting up early to return to Lukla we’re treated with a spectacular view: Mount Lhotse hiding in clouds in the most beautiful fashion we could possibly imagine.
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· NEPALTRAVELGiants …
… and dwarfs: All of a sudden we feel very small, dwarfed by the huge mountains surrounding our place. Way to put our little everyday problems into perspective.
