121 Countries Visited by
Kryss Katsiavriades

Sperm whale diving.

The mosque is famous for its spiral minaret.

The houses are unique to the region.

Kuwait Towers are the symbol of the city.

The Flat Iron building.

Gullfoss double waterfall.

Santa Coloma Church dates from the 12th century.

The Omar Ali Saiffudien Mosque sits next to a small lake.

The beautiful courtyard of the Dar el-Wousta, the inner palace.

Christchurch Cathedral is on the site of Dublin's oldest church.

The centre of the old town with the 16th century Ura e Gurit (Stone Bridge).

Stone balconies.

Qatari man with falcon.

Young gorilla in a tree.

View of Gutenberg Castle from the edge of town.

Since 1993 the monolith has had dual names: Uluru / Ayres Rock.

Lighting candles in the Astvatsatsin Church.

The Tsminda Sameba church and Mount Kazbegi (5033m).

The Xan Serai is the 18th century palace of Haji Chelabi.

The rock hewn church of Bet Giyorgis stands in a pit of excavated rock.

Entrance to a room on the upper level.

View from the terrace over the southern end of Imam Square.

Detail of a blue domed Orthodox church, typical of Moldova.

The Trinity Gate Church is the 12th century entrance to the Monastery.

The famous Casino at Monte Carlo.

The madressa is the oldest structure in the Registan, dating from 1420, and built by Ulugbek, the grandson of Timur.

Women at the market.

Rural scene overlooked by the Pamir Mountains.

Islamic cemetary north of Zharma. The steppe is dotted with many examples.

The Dar al-Hajar (Rock Palace).

The Al-Mirani Fort overlooks the tiled Al Khor Mosque.

Kotor is set in Europe's most southerly fjord.

The stone 14th century St Theodor's Church is Orthodox.

The 13th Century Sveti Jovan at Kaneo Church at Lake Ohrid.

The Nativity Church is set in a multi-cloistered irregularly shaped courtyard.

The castle on Pilies Sala Island dates from around 1400.

St Peter's Church and the House of the Blackheads.

Turku Castle once guarded Finland's former capital.

Raekojaplats (town hall square) dates from the 11th Century.

The Mausoleum of Habib Bourguiba, Tunisia's first president.

Dune 45 is 197m high.

Boy on a mokorro.

Lion blending into the Serengeti Plains.

Maasai herdsmen in the south of Kenya.

White Rhino by the Zambezi River.

The entrance to the 11th Century site.

The Dutch style manor house at Boschendal dates from 1812. Boschendal is a large wine growing estate.

Stari Most is an Ottoman bridge dating from 1566.

The spectacular old city of Dubrovnik from its walls.

The Church of the Assumption and Bled Castle.

The courtyard of the old town hall.

Tiled houses.

Classic cars in the quiet streets of Colonia.

Ruins of the main church.

The entrance to El Caminito in 1998.

Iguazu means "great waters" in the local Guarani language.

Canaima is surrounded by tepuis (the local word for table mountains or mesas).

Naeroyfjord is the narrowest in Norway.

Wooden carvings from the Vasa ship which sunk on its maiden voyage in the 17th Century.

The Nyhavn Canal is famous for its herring bars.

Coatepeque Lake, set in an ancient volcanic crater, is 6km wide.

The Mayan Ball Court built by King 18 Rabbit in 738 is the second largest in Central America.

Street scene with horse carriage.

Hummingbird in the cloud forest.

Horseman in the coffee-growing region of Boquette at dusk.

Villa De Leyva is a pretty colonial town at 2140m.

Lava flowing into the sea.

The Hummingbird is 50m long and dates from 3rd Century BCE.

Grazing animals overlooking Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake.

Flamingos against a volcano.

Cloudy street scene from 1994.

A relief carving showing the preparation of food.

The spectacular bay is north of Hanoi.

View over the old city state of Luxembourg.

Woman wearing the distinctive head-dress of Santa Catarina.

A manatee (sea cow) in the sea off the coast of Belize.

The magnificent Temple of the Inscriptions is the highlight of Mayan architecture.

Mesa Arch is the largest in the national park.

Harvesting jute.

The modern Commercial Centre and Bur Dubai, the original settlement.

The Rock of Gibraltar dominates the colony. The name is from the Arabic, Gebil Tariq (Tariq's Rock), named after the Moorish general who conquered Spain.

The beautiful Moorish style Alhambra Palace. The south of Spain was once ruled by the Moors of Morocco.

Children at the cathedral.

Rural scene with limestone hills, bamboo, and a river.

Busy street scene in Kowloon, once a British colony.

Memorial for former ruler, Chiang Kai Shek.

Newly married couple.

The temple buildings are elegant and made of wood.

The steeple is all that is left of Cagsawa Church after an eruption by Mayon Volcano in 1814.

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.

The magnificent Temple of Hatshepsut.

Harem-el-Halil contains the tomb of Abraham and other patriarchs in Hebron. This is a holy site for Jews, Christians and Muslims.

Carved from solid rock, the Monastery (Ad-Deir) is 50m high and 45m wide.

The city was once ruled by one of the ancient world's rare queens, Zenobia.

The island is famous for its 10th century Armenian church.

View of the palace from the courtyard.

A Sindhi musician.

The 63m high vimana is topped by a capola carved from a single piece of granite weighing 81 tons.

A Tibetan horseman.

The Dhammayangyi Temple was built in 1160.

Buddhist monks at Wat Na Phra Meru (1503).

The idyllic East Coast fishing village of Marang.

Row of Batak houses.

Carving a temple figure.

The stone carved Reclining Buddha is one of the most beautiful in the world.

A misty Charles Bridge in 1982.

The parliament is the world's second largest.

The castle in Transylvania dates from 1382 and is perched on a hilly outcrop.

Red Square is the iconic centre of Moscow.

The old city of Gdansk.

The cobbled streets of Museum Island.

The Church of St George is in the centre of the village.

Typical scene in Bruges, city of canals.

"Girl With A Pearl Earring" (1665) by Johannes Vermeer.

Heidelberg is a beautiful city set in a gorge on the River Necker.

View of the castle and the old city from the Monchsberg Cliff.

Agia Triada has a spectacular setting.

The Clocktower Gate.

View of the Alps from the castle.

The hilltop town of Haut Cagnes viewed from the painter's garden.

The spectacular mosaics in the interior.

Tower Bridge was completed in 1894.