Kyoto, Japan. This temple construction is not very old. An older version was totally destroyed by fire in 1950 and this one is an identical rebuild completed in the 1950’s. The gold colour is not fake – the building is almost totally covered with pure gold. Ce temple n’est pas très vieux. Une version plus…
Desirable riverside residences
on the Melakka river, Malaysia. sur les rives du fleuve cotier Melakka, Malaysie.
Chinese Garden
Here is a very authentic looking Chinese style garden. But this one is not in China, it is in Sydney. Voici un jardin chinois digne des meilleurs, mais cette fois, ce n’est pas en Chine. C’est à Sydney.
Aqueduct on the Gardon River.
Under light of the setting sun on a day in March. A 50 km long aquaduct built by the Romans around 50 AD, to deliver water from the hinterland to the city of Nimes. Vertical drop over 50 km: approx. 16 m. The pictured structure is the main remaining vestige of the aquaduct where it…
Albert Memorial, London
Unveiled after being hidden for several years under scaffolding. London, 2001. Devoilé apres plusieurs années sous les bâches de renovation. Londres, 2001.
Daturas
Growing wild in March in Lishan.
Taichung train station
A train station built by the Japanese in the central west coast city of Taichung. Photo taken in 2001.
The Vidourle
The Vidourle river flows out of the Cévennes mountain range into a region of karstic limestone. The water seeps into and enlarges cracks in the limestone and forms an underground river system. In the case of the Vidourle, no sooner is it out of the Cevennes mountains than it disappears underground. Some 10 km away…
Yenisei River/Fleuve Yenisei
Yenisei river – springtime thaw, north of Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. Fleuve Yenisei à la fonte des neiges, au nord de Krasnoyarsk en Siberie
Colmar
Colmar is a city in the Alsace region of France. However, this Colmar is not in France – it’s in the jungle.
Glaciers
While he swallows a rock, the snake is waiting Il engloutit la montagne alors que le serpent attend
Looking up
Des touristes viennent ici de la planète entière pour voir ce pic emblématique. Un instant de ciel dégagé est cependant extrêmement rare. Beaucoup partent sans avoir vu quoi que ce soit. Tourists come here from the most distant of cities to see this extraordinary peak. A moment of blue sky is, however, extremely rare. Many…
