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Hoy, Orkney


Latest: Scotland: Orkney - Rousay & Hoy

Fascinating Neolithic Midhowe Cairn and Iron Age broch on Rousay, and a spectacular walk to view the Old Man of Hoy.

© Alyson Jackson 2021

americas

Argentina, Brazil, Chile & Peru

Perito Moreno Glacier
Argentina: El Calafate & Perito Moreno Glacier
Atacama Desert
Chile: Atacama Desert
Inca cults
Peru:Lima & Cuzco
La Boca, Buenos Aires
Argentina: Buenos Aires
Anakena Easter Island
Chile: Easter Island
Ponce Stela, TiwanakuPeru: Machu Picchu
Iguazu Falls
Argentina/Brazil: Iguazu Falls
Volcano Osorno
Chile: Patagonian Lake District
Sacred Valley of the Incas
Peru: Sacred Valley of the Incas
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro
Torres del Paine
Chile: Torres del Paine
High Sierra
Peru: High Sierra, Moray, Maras

Bolivia

La Paz, Bolivia
Bolivia: La Paz
Laguna Colorada
Bolivia: the south west
Ponce Stela, Tiwanaku
Bolivia: Tiwanaku
Urus Iruitos, Lake Titicaca
Bolivia/Peru: Lake Titicaca
Sucre: San Felipe Neri
Bolivia: Sucre & Potosi
Salar de Uyuni
Bolivia: Salar de Uyuni

Guatemala & Honduras

Antigua
Guatemala: Antigua & Iximche
Quirigua: King K'ak Tiliw
Guatemala: Quiriguá
Lake Atitlan
Guatemala: Lake Atitlan
Tikal: the Grand Plaza
Guatemala: Tikal
Santiago Atitlan
Guatemala: Santiago Atitlan, San Antonio Palopo
Macaw, Ballcourt, Copan
Honduras: Copan
Chichicastenango market
Guatemala: Chichicastenango

Mexico & St Lucia

Atzompa
Mexico: Atzompa
Ball court, Cantona
Mexico: Cantona
Yohualichan
Mexico: Cuetzalan
Palacio Nacional, Mexico City
Mexico: Mexico City
Rodolfo Morales mural, Ocotlan
Mexico: Black Pottery, Weaving & Ocotlan
Yagul
Mexico: Tlacolula
Teotihuacan
Mexico: Teotihuacan
Yagul
Mexico: Yagul
Pitons, St Lucia
St Lucia
Bonampak murals of musicians
Mexico: Bonampak
Ball court Chichen Itza
Mexico: Chichen Itza
Palace of the Five Storeys, Edzna
Mexico: Edzna
Anthropology Museum turquoise mosaic mask
Mexico: Mexico City Museums & Murals
Lord Pakal of Palenque
Mexico: Palenque
Atlantes, Tula, Mexico
Mexico: Tula & Tepotzotlan
Uxmal: Pyramid of the Sorcerer
Mexico: Uxmal
Yaxchilan - the ball game
Mexico: Yaxchilan
Structure I, Calakmul
Mexico: Calakmul
Great Pyramid of Cholula
Mexico: Great Pyramid of Cholula
Kabah Palace of the Masks
Mexico: Kabah
Monte Alban
Mexico: Monte Alban
Edificio Baramar, Puebla City, Mexico
Mexico: Puebla
Mitla
Mexico: Tule Tree, Traditional Crafts, Mitla & Hierve el Agua
Plaza of the Stela of the Two Glyphs, Xochicalco
Mexico: Xochicalco & Cuernavaca
Yohualichan
Mexico: Yohualichan
Campeche
Mexico: Campeche
Tulum
Mexico: Coba
A bar in Merida
Mexico: Merida
Guelaguetza oaxaca
Mexico: Oaxaca & Guelaguetza
Eagle Warrior, Tenochtitlan
Mexico: Tenochtitlan
Tulum
Mexico: Tulum
Cacaxtla
Mexico: Xochitecatl & Cacaxtla

USA

USA Monument Valley
USA: AZ - Death Valley, Canyon de Chelly & Monument Valley
USA South Coyote Buttes<
USA: AZ - South Coyote Buttes
USA: Chicago
USA: IL - Chicago
USA New England
USA: New England
Rockefeller Center
USA: NYC - Midtown
Las Vegas
USA: NV - Las Vegas
Grand Teton NP Black Bear
USA: WY - Grand Teton NP
USA Upper Antelope Canyon
USA: AZ - Lake Powell, Antelope Canyons, Lees Ferry
San Francisco
USA: CA - San Francisco
Louisiana
USA: LA - New Orleans & The Plantation Houses
USA: New York City Manhattan
USA: NYC - Intro Manhattan & Yankee Stadium
USA New York National Museum of the American Indian: Kwakwaka'wakw mechanical mask
USA: NYC - Lower Manhattan
Dead Horse Point
USA: Utah - Arches, Canyonlands, Dead Horse Point
Yellowstone NP - Midway Geyser Basin: Grand Prismatic Spring
USA: WY - SW Yellowstone
USA Toroweap - Grand Canyon
USA: AZ - The Grand Canyon
USA Pacific Coast Highway
USA: CA - Pacific Coast Highway
Whale-watching Cape Cod
USA: MA - Boston & Cape Cod
USA New York World Trade Centre
USA: NYC - World Trade Centre
USA New York Statue of Liberty
USA: NYC - Ellis Island, Liberty Island & Staten Island
Bryce
USA: Utah - Capitol Reef, Bryce and Zion
West Thumb
USA: WY - SE Yellowstone
Red Rocks, Sedona, USA
USA: AZ - Sedona
Yosemite
USA: CA - Yosemite and Wine Country
Great Bear Lake, Glacier NP, MT, USA
USA: MT - Glacier NP
USA: New York City Central Park
USA: NYC - Around Central Park
USA NYC Chinatown
USA: NYC - Greenwich Village, High Line, Chinatown, Flatiron
Pike Place Market fish throw Seattle
USA: WA - Spokane & Seattle
Yellowstone wolf and bison
USA: WY - North Yellowstone

asia pacific

China

China: Forbidden City, Beijing
China: Beijing
Danxia Rainbow Mountains, China
China: Danxia Rainbow Mountains
Uyghur man at the livestock market, Kashgar, China
China: Kashgar Markets
Artefacts from Astana Cemetery, Turpan, China
China: Urumqi
Great Wall of China
China: The Great Wall
China: rice terraces
China: Guilin & Yangshuo on the Li River
Magao Thousand Buddha Caves
China: Mingsha Sand Dunes & Mogao Thousand Buddha Caves
China: the Terracotta Warriors
China: Xi'an
Gaochang
China: Bezeklik caves, Gaochang, Tuyugou Village
Karakoram Highway
China: Karakoram Highway
China - Shanghai, the Bund
China: Shanghai & Water Village
Bingling Thousand Buddha Caves
China: Bingling Thousand Buddha Caves
Uyghur dancers, Kashgar, China
China: Kashgar
Jiaohe
China: Turpan & Jiaohe

India

Bhandasar Jain Temple, Bikaner
India: Bikaner
India: Jaisalmer 2009
India: Jaisalmer
India Kerala Kochi
India: Kochi
The Gateway of India, Mumbai
India: Mumbai
India: Agra Taj Mahal
India: Agra & Fatehpur Sikri
India: Jodhpur
India: Jodhpur
India Kerala Munnar - Tea plantation Western Ghats
India: Munnar
Early morning flower market, Mumbai
India: Mumbai Early Morning & Street Food
Old Delhi - Red Fort
India: Delhi
India: Ranakpur and Udaipur 2009
India: Ranakpur & Udaipur
Kerala backwaters
India: Kerala Backwaters
Elephanta Island, Mumbai
India: Mumbai - Elephanta Island & Juhu Beach
India: Jaipur, Amber Fort and Bikaner 2009
India: Jaipur & Amber Fort
India: Rohet 2009
India: Rohet
Terrapins, Periyar, India
India: Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary
Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai, India
India: Madurai

Cambodia & Thailand

Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom, Cambodia
Cambodia: Angkor Thom
Cambodia, Beng Mealea
Cambodia: Beng Mealea
Ayutthaya
Thailand: Ayutthaya
Cambodia, Angkor Wat
Cambodia: Angkor Wat
Phnom Penh Royal Palace
Cambodia: Phnom Penh
Anantanagaraj, Royal Barges Museum, Bangkok
Thailand: Bangkok
Cambodia, Banteay Samre
Cambodia: Banteay Samre, Pre Rup
Cambodia, Siem Reap
Cambodia: Siem Reap
Thailand: Bangkok reclining Buddha
Thailand: Bangkok Temples
Cambodia, Banteay Srei
Cambodia: Banteay Srei & Silk Farm
Cambodia, Ta Prohm
Cambodia: Ta Prohm
Thailand - floating market
Thailand: River Kwhae & Floating Markets

Vietnam

Vietnam: seaplane to Halong
Vietnam: Bai Tu Long & Ha Long Bays
Flower Hmong
Vietnam: Northern Villages
On the Bassac River, Vietnam
Vietnam: Life along the Bassac River
Muong Hoa Valley
Vietnam: Sapa & the Muong Hoa Valley
Vietnam: Hanoi street food
Vietnam: Hanoi
Vespa street food tour
Vietnam: Saigon
Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Vietnam: Mekong Delta
Thanh Kim Valley
Vietnam: Thanh Kim Valley

New Zealand

Cathedral Cove
New Zealand: Coromandel Peninsula
Castle Hill
New Zealand: Arthur's Pass to Hokitika
Doubtful Sound, new zealand
New Zealand: Te Anau & Doubtful Sound
Wai-O-Tapu Rotorua
New Zealand: Rotorua
Murchison glacier on the Fritz Mountain Range, New Zealand
New Zealand: Franz Josef
Milford Sound
New Zealand: Milford Sound
Ngauruhoe, Tongariro NP, New Zealand
New Zealand: Tongariro NP
Fox Glacier, New Zealand
New Zealand: Fox Glacier
Wellington, New Zealand
New Zealand: Wellington
Queenstown, New Zealand, from Bob's Peak
New Zealand: Queenstown

africa

Egypt, Kenya & Mauritius

The Step Pyramid at Saqqara
Egypt: Cairo, Pyramids, Memphis, Saqqara
The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Luxor
Egypt: West Bank of the Nile at Luxor
Temple of Hathor at Dendera, Egypt
Egypt: Temple of Hathor at Dendera
Horus at the Temple of Edfu
Egypt: Aswan, Philae, Abu Simbel, Kom Ombo & Edfu
The Temple of Luxor
Egypt: Luxor
Masai Mara Elephants
Kenya: Masai Mara
Temple of Karnak, Egypt
Egypt: Karnak
Mauritius
Mauritius

Morocco & Namibia

Marrakech - dyers
Morocco: Marrakech
Mountain Zebra
Namibia: Etendeka
bull elephant
Namibia: Hoanib Skeleton Coast Camp
Volubilis
Morocco: Volubilis & Meknes
Bull elephant, Etosha
Namibia: Etosha
Sossusvlei sand dunes
Namibia: Sossusvlei
Fes
Morocco: Fes
The leopard Nkosi at Okonjima
Namibia: Okonjima
Sandwich Harbour
Namibia: Swakopmund, Walvis Bay & Sandwich Harbour
Grey Heron
Namibia: Onguma
Young male elephants mock fighting.
Namibia: Twyfelfontein & Desert-Adapted Elephants

middle east

Jordan & Turkey

Ed Deir - the Monastery
Jordan: Petra & Wadi Rumm
Basilica Cistern, Istanbul
Turkey: Istanbul - Roman remains, Hans & Grand Bazaar
Cappadocia: Pasabag
Turkey: Cappadocia - Urgup, Pasabag, Zelve, Devrent
Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli
Turkey: Gallipoli
Theodore Metochites presents the newly rebuilt and decorated Chora Church to Christ
Turkey: Istanbul - Topkapi and the Archaeology Museums
Cappadocia: Pasabag
Turkey: Cappadocia - around Goreme
Temple of Athena, Assos
Turkey: Gallipoli Peninsula, Troy, Assos, Pergamon, Selcuk
Theodore Metochites presents the newly rebuilt and decorated Chora Church to Christ
Turkey: Istanbul Churches of Hagia Sophia, Chora and Pammakaristos
Cappadocia: Pigeon Valley
Turkey: Cappadocia - Pigeon Valley, citadels, underground cities, Mustafapasa
Library of Celsus, Ephesus
Turkey: Ephesus, Aphrodisias
Blue Mosque, Istanbul
Turkey: Istanbul mosques & small bazaars
Cappadocia: Pasabag
Turkey: Cappadocia - Caravanserais & Ballooning
Didyma
Turkey: Didyma, Miletus, Priene, Latmus Herakleia

europe

Austria, Czech Republic, Croatia, England, Estonia & Finland

Vienna at ChristmasAustria: Vienna at Christmas
DubrovnikCroatia: Dubrovnik
Hoover Building London
England: Art Deco London
Hohensalzburg Fortress, Salzburg, Austria
Austria: Salzburg
Trogir cathedral west portalCroatia: Klis, Trogir & Walls of Ston
Tallinn at ChristmasEstonia: Tallinn at Christmas
Prague at night
Czech Republic: Prague at Christmas
SibenikCroatia: Sibenik, Plitvice Lakes, Rovinj & Pula
Aurora Borealis
Finland: Aurora Borealis
SplitCroatia: Split

France

Corsica
France: Corsica - Bastia to the Calanches
Colmar
France: The Alsace - Colmar
Carcassonne
France: Lyons, Orange, Carcassonne & Nîmes
menhir at Filitosa
France: Corsica - south west
Riquewihr
France: Alsace Villages, Vineyards & Castles
2016 Somme Anniversary
France: The Somme July 1st 2016
Petit Dru, Chamonix
France: Chamonix
Strasbourg
France: Strasbourg
Chateau de Chambord
France: Champagne & Loire

Germany

Schiltach, Black Forest, Germany
Germany: Black Forest
Berlin Wall
Germany: Berlin
Heidelberg Castle
Germany: Heidelberg
Burg Eltz
Germany: Burg Eltz & Rhine Castles
Berlin: Pipe pistol in Spy Museum
Germany: Berlin Museums
Neuschwanstein
Germany: Munich & Ludwig II
Dresden Christmas Market
Germany: Dresden at Christmas
Berlin: Ishtar Gate
Germany: Berlin Pergamon Museum
Burg Hohenzollern
Germany: Tübingen & Hohenzollern
Sanssouci Potsdam
Germany: Leipzig, Potsdam, Spandau
Xmas Berlin
Germany: Berlin at Xmas
Lake Dwellings of Unteruhldingen, Germany
Germany: Unteruhldingen, Meersburg, Konstanz

Greece & Hungary

Meteora
Greece: Pella, Vergina, Meteora
Dion mosaic
Greece: Platamonas, Mount Olympus, Dion
Thessalonikiy
Greece: Thessaloniki & Halkidiki
Budapest
Hungary: Budapest

Italy

Rocca Calascio
Italy: the Abruzzo
Pisa
Italy: Lucca, Pisa, San Gimignano
Neapolitan Pizza
Italy:  Naples
Pompeii and Vesuvius
Italy: Pompeii History, Regiones I & II
Trajan's Column, Rome
Italy: Foundation of Imperial Rome
Thermopolium of Via di Diana, Ostia Antica, Italy
Italy: Ostia Antica, Villa Adriana
Basilica di Sante Croce, Lecce
Italy: Puglia - Lecce, Manduria, Oria
Sardinia: Alghero
Italy: Sardinia - Olbia to Oristano
Palazzo La Rocca, Ragusa Ibla
Italy: Sicily - Val di Noto
Arezzo Piazza Grande
Italy: Arezzo, Monterchi, Sansepolcro, Anghiari
Siena
Italy: Siena, Cortona, Montepulciano
Procida Italy
Italy: Procida, Capri, Amalfi Coast & Phlegrean Field
Mosaic, House of the tragic poet, Pompeii, Italy
Italy: Pompeii Regiones V, VI & Villa dei Misteri
Colosseum
Italy: Imperial Rome - Pyramid of Cestius, Forums, Colosseum, Baths of Caracalla
Piazza del Duomo, Milan
Italy: Milan
fishermen, Gallipoli, Puglia, Italy
Italy: Puglia - Galatina, Otranto, Zinzulusa, Gallipoli
Sardinia: Carthaginian glass necklace in the Archaeological Museum, Cagliari
Italy: Sardinia - Cagliari & the South West
Mosaic of wild animal hunt, Villa Romana del Casale
Italy: Sicily - Villa Romana del Casale
Bergamo
Italy: Bergamo & Val Camonica
Urbino
Italy: Urbino, Gubbio, Perugia
Mosaic, Herculaneum
Italy: Vesuvius & Herculaneum
Body cast, Pompeii
Italy: Pompeii Regiones VII, VIII & IX
Bust of Nero, Rome, Italy
Italy: Imperial Rome - Palatine Hill & Domus Aurea
Burgusio - S. Nicolò, italy
Italy: Sud Tyrol
Polignano a Mare
Italy: Puglia - Castles, Coast & Cannae
Temple at Selinunte
Italy: Sicily - Pantalica, Selinunte, Agrigento, Segesta, Sciacca, Eraclea Minoa, Taormina
Vernazza, CInque Terre, Italy
Italy: Cinque Terre
Villa San Marco, Stabiae
Italy: Three Roman Villas
PAestum
Italy:  Paestum
Pieta, Michelangelo
Italy: Post-Imperial Rome
Aida at the Roman Arena, Verona
Italy: Verona
trullo
Italy: Puglia - Trulli, Caves & Rocky Homes
Ortigia, Syracuse, Sicily
Italy: Sicily - Syracuse

Latvia, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Russia & Scotland

Riga at Christmas
Latvia: Riga at Christmas
The Monument of the Discoveries
Portugal: Lisbon
Orkney: Churchill Barriers and Blockships
Scotland: Orkney
Fishing boat, Xlendi
Malta & Gozo
Port wine barges
Portugal: Porto
Orkney: Skara Brae Neolithic Settlement
Scotland: Neolithic Orkney
Tsarskoye Selo: Catherine Palace
Russia: Tsarskoye Selo
Broch of Gurness, Orkney
Scotland: Orkney - Broch of Gurness, Yesnaby Cliffs, Marwick Head
Krakow Xmas Market
Poland: Krakow at Christmas
St Petersburg: Church of our Saviour on the Spilled Blood
Russia: St Petersburg
Hoy, Orkney
Scotland: Orkney - Rousay & Hoy

Spain

Merida
Spain: Avila to Zafra
Gaudi lamp post in palca real
Spain: Inner Barcelona
Cordoba - Mesquita
Spain: Andalucia
Casa Milà
Spain: Outer Barcelona
Tarragona
Spain: Tarragona
La Sagrada Familia
Spain: Barcelona - La Sagrada Familia
Iglesia de la Vera Cruz, Segovia
Spain: Toledo, Haro, Rioja, Sajazarra, Segovia
Salamanca, Spain
Spain: Madrid & Salamanca

Switzerland

The Aletsch Glacier
Switzerland: Aletsch Glacier - Jungfraujoch to Hängebrücke
Basel Rathaus
Switzerland: Basel
Oeschinensee
Switzerland: Two Hikes - Lavaux Vineyards & Oeschinensee
Guarda, Graubunden, Switzerland
Switzerland: Val Mustair, Guarda & Scuol
St Martin's church Zillis
Switzerland: Zillis, Mistail, St Moritz
Eiger at Kleine Scheidegg
Switzerland: Bachalpsee, Kleine Scheidegg & Eiger Trail
Basel Fasnacht
Switzerland: Basel Fasnacht
Mürren
Switzerland: Lauterbrunnen Valley, Wengen, Mürren & Schilthorn
The Matterhorn
Switzerland: Zermatt & The Matterhorn
traditional Emmental farmhouse
Switzerland: Zofingen, Emmental & Gruyères
Reichenbach Falls Meiringen
Switzerland: Ballenberg, Meiringen, Rosenlaui
Bernina Express Switzerland
Switzerland: Bernina Express
Ruinaulta - Rhine Gorge
Switzerland: Ruinaulta, Chur, Klausen Pass
The Matterhorn
Switzerland: Zermatt - Stockhorn, Gornergrat, Riffelsee, Rothorn
Liestal Fire Festival
Switzerland: Baselbiet
Lake Lucerne from Pilatus
Switzerland: Lake Lucerne
Lake Lugano
Switzerland: The Ticino - Lugano to the St Gotthard pass
The Matterhorn
Switzerland: Zermatt - Zum See, Blatten, Schwarzsee, Gorner Gorge, Klein Matterhorn

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