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Basel Fasnacht


Featured: Basel Fasnacht

Normally at this time of year Basel's terrific carnival would be drawing in the crowds. Things being what they are it's not happening so here are some memories of the fun in past years.

© 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
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
Plaza of the Stela of the Two Glyphs, Xochicalco
Mexico: Xochicalco & Cuernavaca
Pitons, St Lucia
St Lucia
Bonampak murals of musicians
Mexico: Bonampak
Ball court Chichen Itza
Mexico: Chichen Itza
Kabah Palace of the Masks
Mexico: Kabah
Monte Alban
Mexico: Monte Alban
Eagle Warrior, Tenochtitlan
Mexico: Tenochtitlan
Mitla
Mexico: Tule Tree, Traditional Crafts, Mitla & Hierve el Agua
Cacaxtla
Mexico: Xochitecatl & Cacaxtla
Structure I, Calakmul
Mexico: Calakmul
Great Pyramid of Cholula
Mexico: Great Pyramid of Cholula & Puebla City
A bar in Merida
Mexico: Merida
Guelaguetza oaxaca
Mexico: Oaxaca & Guelaguetza
Teotihuacan
Mexico: Teotihuacan
Tulum
Mexico: Tulum
Yaxchilan - the ball game
Mexico: Yaxchilan
Campeche
Mexico: Campeche
Tulum
Mexico: Coba
Palacio Nacional, Mexico City
Mexico: Mexico City
Rodolfo Morales mural, Ocotlan
Mexico: Black Pottery, Weaving & Ocotlan
Yagul
Mexico: Tlacolula & Yagul
Uxmal: Pyramid of the Sorcerer
Mexico: Uxmal
Yohualichan
Mexico: Yohualichan & Cuetzalan

USA

Monument Valley
USA: AZ - Death Valley, Canyon de Chelly & Monument Valley
Yosemite
USA: CA - Yosemite and Wine Country
Louisiana
USA: LA - New Orleans & The Plantation Houses
USA: New York City Manhattan
USA: NYC - Intro Manhattan & Yankee Stadium
Rockefeller Center
USA: NYC - Midtown
Las Vegas
USA: NV - Las Vegas
Grand Teton NP Black Bear
USA: WY - Grand Teton NP
Upper Antelope Canyon
USA: AZ - Phoenix to Page
San Francisco
USA: CA - San Francisco
Whale-watching Cape Cod
USA: MA - Boston & Cape Cod
USA New York World Trade Centre
USA: NYC - World Trade Centre
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
Toroweap - Grand Canyon
USA: AZ - The Grand Canyon
Yosemite
USA: CA - Pacific Coast Highway
Great Bear Lake, Glacier NP, MT, USA
USA: MT - Glacier NP
USA: New York City Central Park
USA: NYC - Around Central Park
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
Dead Horse Point
USA: AZ - South Coyote Buttes
USA: Chicago
USA: IL - Chicago
USA New England
USA: New England
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: Delhi, Agra and Fatehpur Sikri 2009
India: Delhi, 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
India: Jaipur, Amber Fort and Bikaner 2009
India: Jaipur & Amber Fort
India: Ranakpur and Udaipur 2009
India: Ranakpur & Udaipur
Kerala backwaters
India: Kerala Backwaters
Elephanta Island, Mumbai
India: Mumbai - Elephanta Island & Juhu Beach
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, Banteay Srei
Cambodia: Banteay Srei & Silk Farm
Phnom Penh Royal Palace
Cambodia: Phnom Penh
Cambodia, Beng Mealea
Cambodia: Beng Mealea
Cambodia, Angkor Wat
Cambodia: Siem Reap & Angkor Wat
Thailand: Bangkok reclining Buddha
Thailand: Bangkok
Cambodia, Ta Prohm
Cambodia: Ta Prohm, Pre Rup, Banteay Samre
Thailand - floating market
Thailand: Ayuthaya, River Kwhae & Floating Markets

Vietnam

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

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

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

Riga at Christmas
Latvia: Riga at Christmas
The Monument of the Discoveries
Portugal: Lisbon
Fishing boat, Xlendi
Malta & Gozo
Port wine barges
Portugal: Porto
Tsarskoye Selo: Catherine Palace
Russia: Tsarskoye Selo
Krakow Xmas Market
Poland: Krakow at Christmas
St Petersburg: Church of our Saviour on the Spilled Blood
Russia: St Petersburg

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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