Friday 29 June 2012

Main Altar


Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Évora (108 kms SE of Lisbon), Portugal

Tuesday 26 June 2012

Elephant Ride To The Palace




Amer Palace, Amer (Rajasthan), India

Sunday 24 June 2012

Friday 22 June 2012

Monday 18 June 2012

Thursday 14 June 2012

Textiles





Chichicastenango Market, Guatemala

Sunday 10 June 2012

Muhammad Ali Tomb


Muhammad Ali (1769-1849) was a worthy successor to the Mamlukes and Turks. He is buried beneath a white marble cenotaph, behind a bronze grill at the mosque named after him in Cairo, Egypt.
The above photo shows just one fourth of the grill


Notice the green mantles below provided to female tourist visitors who are not properly dressed according to Muslim standards, meaning they're wearing skirts, shorts or sleeveless tops.


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Friday 8 June 2012

"Stellar"




Installation by Tokujin Yoshioka at the "Hell's Half Acre" exhibit, a ground breaking series of installations (large scale evocation of Dante's Inferno), staged within The Old Vic Tunnels, a recently discovered labyrinth beneath London's Waterloo Station

Wednesday 6 June 2012

Giraldo Square


16th century church and fountain, Évora (108 kms SE of Lisbon), Portugal

Sunday 3 June 2012

(Very) Old Tombstones


Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague, Czech Republic


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Friday 1 June 2012

Temple Of Isis




Island of Philae, Assuam, Egypt