Photo Mosaic
These photos are a subset of the photos I have taken and published in my stories.
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Observation deck of Säntis – looks more like an alien invention to me (other guesses from my team at work were a stadium or a gigantic headrest). (read the story)
Two hot-air balloons gently evolve above the mountains and through the hazy clouds which create a magical and mysterious atmosphere. (read the story)
Flying away (read the story)
Musicians playing a traditional Swiss instrument called the Alphorn in Brunnen, on the Swiss National Day (1st August) which celebrates the moment in the year 1291 when three cantons decided to form a confederation. (read the story)
My night-blue babouches in 2020, after 11 years of using them (read the story)
Panoramic view of the northern side of the Meteora. Notice the monasteries at the top of the mountains. One of my most favourite composite shots. (read the story)
Grand Meteora monastery. I really like this photo, it gives a good sense of the architectural complexity and the dizzying height at which it was built. (read the story)
“My” lake in the background and the sweet orange tint of the sunset. (read the story)
Zaw, a painter in Bagan, Myanmar (read the story)
Gabriela, a few years before her stroke (read the story)
Hard at work (read the story)
A slight improvement on the original drawing (read the story)
National park with Nairobi’s skyline in the background (read the story)
Crowned cranes wondering what’s going on (read the story)
Zebras in Nairobi National Park (read the story)
No, no, no, I never said you were lazy… (read the story)
Looking around for prey (us) (read the story)
Black rhinoceros, critically endangered and not to be confused with the white rhino (which is actually just lighter in grey shade than the black one) (read the story)
Buffalos, the only animals within the Big Five that are not endangered or threatened… and also considered by many to be the most dangerous among those five, with wounded animals reported to ambush and attack pursuers (read the story)
On the lookout, just in case (read the story)
A closer shot of “my” Mauritian turtle (read the story)
Wearing my Australian hat at Erawan Falls in Thailand – December 2012 (read the story)
Dark clouds looming over the horizon (read the story)
Mia and Sebastian (read the story)
Captured with a GoPro (read the story)
Arch (read the story)
In Hanoi, Vietnam (read the story)
Monster at the carnival in Zürich (read the story)
Casa Batlló, Barcelona (read the story)
Sunset on Otres beach in Sihanoukville, Cambodia (read the story)
Elephant festival in Jaipur, India (read the story)
Sand bubbler crab, Cambodia (read the story)
Sunset at Lake Tahoe, California (read the story)
Tropical birds in the garden of Blanco Renaissance museum, Bali (read the story)
Wave along Big Sur, California (read the story)
Little girl in Hoi An, Vietnam (read the story)
City mosque in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (read the story)
Pura Besakih in Bali, Indonesia (read the story)
National Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi, Vietnam (read the story)
Airplane show during Züri Fäscht 2010 in Zürich, Switzerland (read the story)
Small plane around Lake Zürich, Switzerland (read the story)
Bathing boxes on Brighton beach in Melbourne, Australia (read the story)
Cobra in the sanctuary of Sepilok, Malaysia (read the story)
Orangutan in the sanctuary of Sepilok, Malaysia (read the story)
Silver monkey in the sanctuary of Sepilok, Malaysia (read the story)
Koala along the Great Ocean Road in Australia (read the story)
Street art in George Town in Penang, Malaysia (read the story)
Heron flying over in Borneo, Malaysia (read the story)
Male proboscis monkey in Borneo, Malaysia (read the story)
Temple of Uluwatu in Bali, Indonesia (read the story)
Pygmy elephants in Borneo, Malaysia (read the story)
Priests as if coming straight from The Name of the Rose (read the story)
Tanah Lot at sunset in Bali, Indonesia (read the story)
Kingfisher in Borneo, Malaysia (read the story)
My grandfather, who turned 90 last month (read the story)
Carpe Dream (read the story)
Tirtagangga’s water palace, Bali (read the story)
From Mount Pilatus, Switzerland (read the story)
Cogwheel train climbing up Mount Pilatus, Switzerland (read the story)
Buddhist temple in Dencarik, Bali (read the story)
Borobudur, Indonesia (read the story)
Surfer in Nusa Lembongan, Indonesia (read the story)
Dawn at Gunung Papandayan, Indonesia (read the story)
Aztec mask (read the story)
Yaksha at Wat Phra Kaew in Bangkok, Thailand (read the story)
Across the city of San Francisco, USA (read the story)
Wat Phanan Choeng in Ayutthaya, Thailand (read the story)
My homemade solar ballon (read the story)
Machu Picchu, Peru (read the story)
Wat Phra Si Ratana Mahathat, Si Satchanalai, Thailand (read the story)
Festival of our Lady of the Rosary, Cusco, Peru (read the story)
Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand (read the story)
Long-necked Kayan woman (read the story)
Long-tail boats in Thailand (read the story)
Entrapped Buddha head in Ayutthaya, Thailand (read the story)
Hermit crab in Ko Tarutao Marine National Park, Thailand (read the story)
Long-tail boat in Thailand (read the story)
Statue of Parachutec in Cusco, Peru (read the story)
Painting in the Temple of the Sun in Cusco, Peru (read the story)
Salt ponds of Salineras, Peru (read the story)
Photo credit: Albert Camus, (c) Henri Cartier-Bresson, Magnum Photos, 1944 (read the story)
Los Uros on Lake Titicaca, Peru (read the story)
Photo credit (I find this photo mesmerising): (c) Randall Slavin (read the story)
Auto-rickshaw in Puno, Peru (read the story)
Circular Inca terraces near Moray in Peru (read the story)
Four girls at the festival of the Virgin of the Rosary in Cusco, Peru (read the story)
Cloister of the convent of la Merced in Cusco, Peru (read the story)
El Misti volcano, Arequipa, Peru (read the story)
Library of the Convent of Santo Domingo in Lima, Peru (read the story)
Orangutans in Singapore zoo (read the story)
From left to right: Mathias, Papi Francis, Mamie Nanou, Lydia, Sebastian, Florian (read the story)