KryssTal: Kryss Country Gallery

Number	Country	When Visited	Location	Description
101	Bahrain	2010	Muharraq Island Sheikh Isa Bin Ali House	Detail of an intricately carved wooden door.
100	Iran	2010	Qom	The golden dome at the Hazrat-e Masumeh.
99	Moldova	2009	Orheiul Vechi	The 1905 Church of the Ascension of St Mary 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 Casino at Monte Carlo.
96	Uzbekistan	2008	Samarkand	Ulugbek�s Madressa (part of the Registan in Samarkand) is one of the highlights of Persian architecture. It dates from 1420.
95	Tajikistan	2008	Khorog Afghan Market	Women at Khorog's Afghan market.
94	Kyrgyzstan	2008	Sari Tash	The Pamir Mountains from Sari Tash.
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) in Wadi Dhahr.
91	Oman	2008	Muscat Old City	The Al-Mirani Fort (1580s) overlooks a tiled mosque in Old Muscat.
90	Montenegro	2006	Kotor	Kotor is set in a Europe's most southerly fjord.
89	Albania	2006	Kruja Fort	Watchtower at the fort in Kruja.
88	Macedonia	2006	Ohrid	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	Vilnius Old City	Curved narrow street in old Vilnius.
85	Latvia	2005	Riga	1940s style cafe in Riga.
84	Finland	2005	Turku Castle	Turku Castle was founded in 1280 and once guarded Finland's former capital.
83	Estonia	2005	Tallinn	Raekojaplats (town hall square) in Tallinn 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	The entrance to the 11th Century Imba Huru at Great Zimbabwe.
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	Mostar	Old city of Mostar in the picturesque Neretva Valley.
73	Croatia	2000 2006	Dubrovnik	The view over the old city of Dubrovnik from its walls.
72	Slovenia	2000 2006	Ljubljana	The famous Triple Bridge in Ljubljana.
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	Fray Bentos	The meat packing factory at Fray Bentos.
68	Paraguay	1998	Jesus Mission	Ruins of the main church in the Jesuit Mission at Jesus.
67	Argentina	1998	Buenos Aires La Boca	La Boca is a colourful district of tango bars in Buenos Aires.
66	Brazil	1998	Iguazu Falls	The awesome Iguaçu Falls.
65	Venezuela	1998	Gran Sabana	The Gran Sabana with its tepuis, table mountains over 1km high.
64	Norway	1997	N�r�fjord	N�r�fjord, 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	1997	Copenhagen	The Nyhavn Canal in Copenhagen, famous for its herring bars.
61	El Salvador	1995	Coatepeque Lake	Coatepeque Lake, set in an ancient volcanic crater, is 6km wide.
60	Honduras	1995	Copan	Mayan ball court in the archaeological site of Copan.
59	Nicaragua	1995	Granada	Street scene with horse carriage in Granada.
58	Costa Rica	1995	Monteverde	Hummingbird in Monteverde 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 Fernandina	Cumbre Volcano erupting on the Galapagos island of Fernandina.
54	Peru	1995	Nazca	The Nazca Lines are shapes drawn in the deserts of southern Peru. The Hummingbird is 50m long and dates from 3rd Century BC. Seen from the air.
53	Bolivia	1994	Lake Titicaca	Overlooking Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake at 4000m.
52	Chile	1994	San Pedro de Atacama Salar de Atacama	Flamingos against a volcano at the Salar de Atacama salt flats in northern Chile.
51	San Marino	1994	San Marino	Cloudy street scene in this tiny mountain state, surrounded by Italy. San Marino is Europe's oldest republic.
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 from Santa Catarina at Panajachel market.
46	Belize	1991 1995	Geoff's Cay	A manatee (sea cow) in the sea off the coast of Belize.
45	Mexico	1991 1995	Chiapas Palenque	The 7th Century Mayan Temple of the Inscriptions at Palenque. There is a royal tomb within the structure.
44	United States of America	1991	California Mount Wilson	The shack on Mount Wilson where the Michelson and Morley experiment took place. The failure of the experiment led to Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
43	Bangladesh	1990	Pahapur	Harvesting jute at Pahapur.
42	United Arab Emirates	1990 2008	Dubai	Night time by the Creek in Dubai where dhows ply their trade.
41	Gibraltar	1990	Gibraltar	A red British telephone box at the Rock of Gibraltar.
40	Spain	1990 1999	Granada Alhambra Palace	The beautiful Moorish style Alhambra Palace in Granada. The south of Spain was once ruled by the Moors of Morocco.
39	Macao Returned to China in 1999	1988	Macao Sa� Paolo	Children at the Sa� Paolo Cathedral.
38	China	1988 1990 2009	Guangxi Yangshuo	Rural scene in Yangshuo with limestone hills, bamboo, and a river.
37	Hong Kong Returned to China in 1997	1988	Hong Kong Kowloon	Busy street scene in Kowloon, once a British colony.
36	Taiwan	1988	Taipei	Memorial for former ruler, Chiang Kai Shek, in Taipei.
35	South Korea	1988	Kyongju	Newly married couple at Anapji Pond in Kyongju.
34	Japan	1988	Hiroshima	Hiroshima Castle. This was rebuilt after being destroyed by the atom bomb in 1945.
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, 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 of the carved city of Petra. It was built by Nabateans, a pre-Roman Semitic people.
28	Syria	1986	Palmyra	The oasis city of Palmyra at dawn. This site dates from 1900 BC.
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	The Royal Palace at Fez.
25	Pakistan	1983	Sindh Sehwan Sharif	A Sindhi musician at the shrine of Sehwan Sharif.
24	India	1983 1989 1995	Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar Dal Lake	Dal Lake near Srinagar in Kashmir.
23	Nepal	1983 1990	Annapurna Trek Jang Khola Valley	A Tibetan horseman in the Jang Khola Valley near Jharkot.
22	Myanmar Formerly known as Burma	1983	Pagan	The Dhammayangyi Temple (built 1160) is one of the several thousand temples at the huge archaeological site of Pagan, known as the "Valley of the 5000 Temples".
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	Sumatra Bukittinggi	Beautiful rice terraces near Bukittinggi.
18	Singapore	1983 1992	Singapore	A crane at Jarong Bird Park.
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	Prague	A misty Charles Bridge in the beautiful city of Prague.
15	Hungary	1982 2009	Budapest	The Parliament building in Budapest by the banks of the Danube.
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	Detail of the domes of St Basil's Cathedral (1561) in Moscow's Red Square.
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 in East Berlin.
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, a town famous for its ceramic tiles.
7	West Germany Became Germany in 1990 Germany	1974 1982 1992	Munich	Isator Gate in Munich.
6	Austria	1974 1982 2000	Vienna	The Sch�nbrunn Palace in Vienna, once home of the Hapsburg monarchs.
5	Greece	1974 1977 1981 1986	Athens	The Thession in the ancient agora of Athens. The philosopher, Socrates taught here.
4	Yugoslavia Broke up into seven separate states (1990-2008) Serbia	1974 1981 2006	Belgrade Kalemegdan Citadel	The Clocktower Gate of the Kalemegdan Citadel in Belgrade.
3	Switzerland	1974 1981 1987 1991	Sion	The Alpine town of Sion.
2	France	1974 1976 1981 1982 1991 2005 2009	Cagnes	The hilltop town of Haut Cagnes viewed from the garden of painter, Pierre Renoir's house.
1	Italy	1973 1974 1981 1987 1994	Venice	The spectacular interior of San Mark's Basilica in Venice. The pictures are made from mosaics.

101 Countries Visited by
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