KryssTal: Kryss Country Gallery

Number	Country	When Visited	Location	Description
116	Iceland	2017	Golden Circle Gullfoss	Gullfoss double waterfall.
115	Andorra	2016	Coloma	Santa Coloma Church dates from the 12th century.
114	Brunei	2016	Bander Seri Begawan Omar Ali Saiffudien Mosque	The Omar Ali Saiffudien Mosque sits next to a small lake.
113	Lebanon	2015	Beirut Downtown	St George's Maronite Church and Muhammad Alamin Mosque.
112	Ireland	2015	Dublin Christchurch Cathedral	Christchurch Cathedral is on the site of Dublin's oldest church.
111	Kosovo	2014	Prizren	The centre of the old town with the 16th century Ura e Gurit (Stone Bridge).
110	Malta	2014	Mdina	Stone balconies.
109	Qatar	2013	Doha	The Corniche of Doha by night.
108	Uganda	2013	Bwindi National Park	Young gorilla in a tree.
107	Liechtenstein	2013	Balzers Gutenberg Castle	View of Gutenberg Castle from the edge of town.
106	Australia	2012	Uluru Kata-Tjuta National Park Uluru	Since 1993 the monolith has had dual names: Uluru / Ayres Rock.
105	Armenia	2011	Lake Sevan Sevanavank	Lighting candles in the Astvatsatsin Church.
104	Georgia	2011	Military Highway Kazbegi Tsminda Sameba Church	The Tsminda Sameba church and Mount Kazbegi (5033m).
103	Azerbaijan	2011	Sheki Nukha Fortress Xan Serai	The Xan Serai is the 18th century palace of Haji Chelabi.
102	Ethiopia	2011	Lalibela Bet Giyorgis	The rock hewn church of Bet Giyorgis stands in a pit of excavated rock.
101	Bahrain	2010	Muharraq Island Sheikh Isa Bin Ali House	Detail of an intricately carved wooden door.
100	Iran	2010	Esfahan Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque	The cavernous prayer hall beneith the dome.
99	Moldova	2009	Orheiul Vechi	Clifftop structures mark the location of the 13th century cave monastery at Orheiul Vechi.
98	Ukraine	2009	Kiev Monastery of the Caves	The Trinity Gate Church is the 12th century entrance to the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev.
97	Monaco	2009	Monaco Monte Carlo	The famous Casino at Monte Carlo.
96	Uzbekistan	2008	Samarkand Registan Ulugbek Madressa	The madressa is the oldest structure in the Registan, dating from 1420, and built by Ulugbek, the grandson of Timur.
95	Tajikistan	2008	Khorog Afghan Market	Women at the market.
94	Kyrgyzstan	2008	Sari Tash	Rural scene overlooked by the Pamir Mountains.
93	Kazakhstan	2008	Zharma	Islamic cemetary north of Zharma. The steppe is dotted with many examples.
92	Yemen	2008	Wadi Dhahr Dar al-Hajar	The Dar al-Hajar (Rock Palace).
91	Oman	2008	Muscat Old City	The Al-Mirani Fort (1580s) overlooks a tiled mosque.
90	Montenegro	2006	Kotor	Kotor is set in a Europe's most southerly fjord.
89	Albania	2006	Kruja Kruja Fort	Watchtower at the fort.
88	Macedonia	2006 2014	Ohrid Sveti Jovan at Kaneo Church	The 13th Century Sveti Jovan at Kaneo Church at Lake Ohrid.
87	Bulgaria	2006	Rila Monastery	Rila Monastery was founded in 927 AD. The Nativity Church is set in a multi-cloistered irregularly shaped courtyard.
86	Lithuania	2005	Trakai Castle	The castle on Pilies Sala Island dates from around 1400.
85	Latvia	2005	Riga Old Town	St Peter's Church and the House of the Blackheads in old Riga.
84	Finland	2005	Turku Turku Castle	Turku Castle was founded in 1280 and once guarded Finland's former capital.
83	Estonia	2005	Tallinn Raekojaplats	Raekojaplats (town hall square) dates from the 11th Century.
82	Tunisia	2004	Monastir	The Mausoleum of Habib Bourguiba, Tunisia's first president, in Monastir.
81	Namibia	2002	Namib Desert Sossusvlei	The 197m high sand dune at Sossusvlei in the Namib Desert.
80	Botswana	2002	Okavango Delta	Boy on a mokorro in the Okavango Delta.
79	Tanzania	2001	Serengeti	Lion in the Serengeti Plains.
78	Kenya	2001	South Kenya	Maasai herdsmen in the south of Kenya.
77	Zambia	2001 2002	Mosi-o-Tunya National Park	White Rhino by the Zambezi River.
76	Zimbabwe	2001 2002	Zimbabwe Imba Huru	The entrance to the 11th Century Imba Huru.
75	South Africa	2001 2002	Boschendal	The Dutch style manor house at Boschendal dates from 1812. Boschendal is a large wine growing estate.
74	Bosnia Hercegovina	2000 2014	Mostar Stari Most	Stari Most is an Ottoman bridge dating from 1566.
73	Croatia	2000 2006 2014	Dubrovnik	The view over the old city of Dubrovnik from its walls.
72	Slovenia	2000 2006	Bled	The Church of the Assumption and Bled Castle at Lake Bled.
71	Slovakia	2000	Bratislava	The courtyard of the old town hall in Bratislava.
70	Portugal	1999	Lisbon	Tiled houses in the Alfama district of Lisbon.
69	Uruguay	1998	Colonia del Sacramento	Classic cars in the quiet streets of Colonia.
68	Paraguay	1998	Jesus Jesus Mission	Ruins of the main church.
67	Argentina	1998	Buenos Aires La Boca	La Boca is a colourful district of tango bars.
66	Brazil	1998	Iguazu Falls (Brazil)	Iguaçu means "great waters" in the local Guarani language.
65	Venezuela	1998	Gran Sabana Canaima	Canaima is surrounded by tepuis.
64	Norway	1997	Naeroyfjord	Naeroyfjord, the narrowest in Norway.
63	Sweden	1997	Stockholm	Wooden carvings from the WASA ship which sunk on its maiden voyage in the 17th Century.
62	Denmark Including the Faroe Islands	1997 2015	Copenhagen Nyhavn	The Nyhavn Canal is famous for its herring bars.
61	El Salvador	1995	Cerro Verde Coatepeque Lake	Coatepeque Lake, set in an ancient volcanic crater, is 6km wide.
60	Honduras	1995	Copan Ball Court	The Mayan Ball Court built by King 18 Rabbit in 738 is the second largest in Central America.
59	Nicaragua	1995	Granada (Nicaragua)	Street scene with horse carriage.
58	Costa Rica	1995	Monteverde	Hummingbird in the cloud forest.
57	Panama	1995	Boquette	Horseman in the coffee-growing region of Boquette.
56	Colombia	1995	Villa De Leyva	Villa De Leyva (2140m) is a pretty colonial town.
55	Ecuador	1995	Galapagos Islands Fernandina Cumbre Volcano	Lava flowing into the sea.
54	Peru	1995	Nazca Nazca Lines	The Hummingbird is 50m long and dates from 3rd Century BC.
53	Bolivia	1994	Lake Titicaca (Bolivia)	Grazing animals overlooking Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake at 4000m.
52	Chile	1994	Atacama Desert (Chile) Salar de Atacama	Flamingos against a volcano.
51	San Marino	1994 2016	San Marino	Cloudy street scene from 1994.
50	Cambodia	1992	Angkor Angkor Thom	A relief carving showing the preparation of food on the walls of the 10th century Bayon Temple at Angkor Thom.
49	Vietnam	1992	Halong Bay	The spectacular Halong Bay north of Hanoi.
48	Luxembourg	1992	Luxembourg	View over the old city state of Luxembourg.
47	Guatemala	1991 1995	Lake Atitlan Panajachel	Woman wearing the distinctive head-dress of Santa Catarina.
46	Belize	1991 1995	The Cayes Geoff's Caye	A manatee (sea cow) in the sea off the coast of Belize.
45	Mexico	1991 1995	Chiapas Palenque Temple of the Inscriptions	The magnificent Temple of the Inscriptions is the highlight of Mayan architecture.
44	United States of America	1991 2017	Utah Canyonlands National Park Mesa Arch	Mesa Arch is the largest in the national park.
43	Bangladesh	1990	Pahapur	Harvesting jute.
42	United Arab Emirates	1990 2008	Dubai Bastakia	The historical Bastakia district has merchants' houses with wind cooling towers dating from the 1930s.
41	Gibraltar	1990	Gibraltar Town	The Rock of Gibraltar dominates the small British colony at the narrowest part of the Mediterranean Sea.
40	Spain	1990 1999 2016	Granada (Spain) Alhambra Palace	The beautiful Moorish style Alhambra Palace. The south of Spain was once ruled by the Moors of Morocco.
39	Macao Returned to China in 1999	1988	Macao Sao Paolo	Children at the Sao Paolo Cathedral.
38	China	1988 1990 2009 2012	Guangxi Yangshuo County	Rural scene with limestone hills, bamboo, and a river.
37	Hong Kong Returned to China in 1997	1988	Kowloon	Busy street scene in Kowloon, once a British colony.
36	Taiwan	1988	Taipei Tomb of Chiang Kai Shek	Memorial for former ruler, Chiang Kai Shek.
35	South Korea	1988	Kyongju Anapji Pond	Newly married couple.
34	Japan	1988	Kyoto Higashi Honganji Temple	The temple buildings are elegant and made of wood.
33	Philippines	1988	Luzon Cagsawa	The steeple is all that is left of Cagsawa Church after an eruption by Mayon Volcano in 1814.
32	Vatican City	1987 1994	Sistine Chapel	The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo. The Vatican City is the world's smallest republic, totally surrounded by Italy but separate from it.
31	Egypt	1986	Luxor Temple of Hatshepsut	Looking down on the Temple of Hatshepsut in Thebes, built around 1480 BC. Hatshepsut was one of ancient Egypt's few queens.
30	Israel / Palestine Including the Golan Heights (Syria) and the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza	1986	Hebron Harem-el-Halil	Harem-el-Halil contains the tomb of Abraham and other patriarchs in Hebron. This is a holy site for Jews, Christians and Muslims.
29	Jordan	1986	Petra	Bedouin nomads amongst the ruins.
28	Syria	1986	Palmyra	The city was once ruled by one of the ancient world's rare queens, Zenobia.
27	Turkey	1986 2006	Lake Van Akdamar Island	The 10th century Armenian church on Akdamar Island, Lake Van, in Eastern Turkey.
26	Morocco	1985 1990	Fez Royal Palace	The Royal Palace at Fez.
25	Pakistan	1983	Sehwan Sharif Shrine of Lal Qalandar Shahbaz	A Sindhi musician.
24	India	1983 1989 1995	Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar Dal Lake	The beautiful Dal Lake.
23	Nepal	1983 1990	Annapurna Trek Jhang Khola Valley	A Tibetan horseman.
22	Myanmar Formerly known as Burma	1983	Pagan Dhammayangyi Temple	The Dhammayangyi Temple was built in 1160.
21	Thailand	1983 1988 1992	Ayutthaya	Buddhist monks at Wat Na Phra Meru (1503).
20	Malaysia	1983 1992	Marang	The idyllic East Coast fishing village of Marang.
19	Indonesia	1983 1992 2016	Sumatra Samosir Island Simanindo	Row of Batak houses.
18	Singapore	1983 1992	Singapore Chinatown	Carving a temple figure.
17	Sri Lanka	1983	Polonnaruwa	The stone carved Reclining Buddha in Polonnaruwa, one of Sri Lanka's ancient cities.
16	Czechoslovakia Broke up into two separate states in 1993 Czech Republic	1982 2000 2013	Prague	A misty Charles Bridge in the beautiful city of Prague.
15	Hungary	1982 2009	Budapest Parliament Building	The Parliament House is the world's second largest.
14	Romania	1982 1986 2009	Transylvania Bran Castle	Bran Castle in Transylvania dates from 1382 and is perched on a hilly outcrop.
13	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Broke up into fifteen separate states in 1991 Russia	1982 2005 2008	Moscow Red Square St Basil's Cathedral	The Cathedral was built between 1555 and 1561 by Ivan the Terrible to celebrate a victory against the Tartars.
12	Poland	1982 2000 2005	Warsaw	The statue of the famous Polish astronomer, Nicholas Copernicus, in Warsaw.
11	East Germany Absorbed by Germany in 1990	1982	East Berlin	The cobbled streets of Museum Island.
10	Cyprus	1981	Agabnu	The Greek mountain village of Agabnu, birthplace of my mother.
9	Belgium	1974 1982 1992	Bruges	Typical scene in Bruges, city of canals.
8	Netherlands	1974 1975 1982 1992	Delft	A typical windmill in a street in Delft.
7	West Germany Became Germany in 1990 Germany	1974 1982 1992 2013	Munich	Isator Gate.
6	Austria	1974 1982 2000 2011 2013	Salzburg	View of the castle and the old city from the Monchsberg Cliff.
5	Greece	1974 1977 1981 1986 2014	Meteora Agia Triada Monastery	Agia Triada has a spectacular setting.
4	Yugoslavia Broke up into seven separate states (1990-2008) Serbia	1974 1981 2006 2014	Belgrade Kalemegdan Citadel	The Clocktower Gate.
3	Switzerland	1974 1981 1987 1991	Sion	The Alpine town of Sion.
2	France	1974 1976 1981 1982 1991 2005 2009 2012 2014 2016	Cagnes Renoir House	The hilltop town of Haut Cagnes viewed from the painter's garden.
1	Italy	1973 1974 1981 1987 1994 2014 2016	Venice St Mark's Square St Mark's Basilica	Detail of the spectacular mosaics in the interior of St Mark's Basilica.

116 Countries Visited by
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