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79 Countries Visited by
Talaat Qureshi

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Number	Country	When Visited	Location	Description
79	Bahrain	2010	Manama	The Yateen Mosque in central Manama reflected in a modern glass building.
78	Iran	2010	Tehran	Man working on a Persian carpet in a shop at Tehran Bazaar.
77	Hungary	2009	Budapest	The upper chamber of the Parliament Building in Budapest.
76	Romania	2009	Transylvania Brasov	The historic centre of the Transylvanian city of Brasov.
75	Moldova	2009	Cricova	Large oak barrels for maturing wine at the underground city of Cricova.
74	Ukraine	2009	Pyrohovo	Autumn colours and traditional thatched buildings at Pyrohovo near Kiev.
73	China	2009	Shaanxi Imperial Tombs Terracotta Warriors	The front line of the Terracotta Army.
72	Monaco	2009	Monaco La Condamine	The port of Monaco is overlooked by the densely packed buildings of La Condamine.
71	Uzbekistan	2008	Bukhara	The Char Minar (1807) in Bukhara was a gatehouse to a madressa.
70	Tajikistan	2008	Murghab	Sheep grazing near Murghab.
69	Kyrgyzstan	2008	Song Kol	Summer encampment of yurts at Song Kol.
68	Kazakhstan	2008	Almaty	The Golden Man at the Monument to Independence in Almaty is a symbol of the country.
67	United Arab Emirates	2008	Dubai	The House of Sheikh Saeed al-Maktoum in Dubai with traditional wind towers.
66	Yemen	2008	Kawkaban	View of Shibam and Thilla from Jebel Kawkaban.
65	Oman	2008	Muscat Old City	The Royal Palace in the old city of Muscat.
64	Serbia	2006	Belgrade Nicola Tesla Museum	Electrical demonstration at the Nicola Tesla Museum in Belgrade.
63	Montenegro	2006	Budvar	The old walled town of Budvar on the coast of Montenegro.
62	Albania	2006	Berati Mangalem	Ottoman houses on a hillside in Berati.
61	Macedonia	2006	Mavrovo	Mavrovo National Park.
60	Bulgaria	2006	Veliko Tarnovo	Veliko Tarnovo is set on a gorge. It was the former capital of the country.
59	Turkey	2006	Termessos	The theatre at Termessos is set in spectacular mountains.
58	Lithuania	2005	Trakai Castle	The castle on Pilies Sala island at Trakai dates from around 1400.
57	Latvia	2005	Riga Old Town	St Peter's Church and the House of the Blackheads in old Riga.
56	Russia	2005 2008	St Petersburg Hermitage Museum	The green and gold Winter Palace dominates Palace Square in St Petersburg. It was home of the tzars between 1762 and 1917.
55	Finland	2005	Porvoo	Wooden houses along the river at Porvoo.
54	Estonia	2005	Tallinn Toompea	View of the lower old town of Tallinn from Toompea Hill.
53	Tunisia	2004	El Jem	The colosseum in El Jem was the third largest in the Roman world with a capacity of 30,000.
52	Tanzania	2001	Serengeti	Maasai Giraffe in Serengeti National Park.
51	Kenya	2001	Amboseli	Mount Kilimanjaro overlooking Amboseli National Park and a lone elephant.
50	Zambia	2001	Mosi-o-Tunya	The magnificent Mosi-o-Tunya (also known as Victoria Falls).
49	Zimbabwe	2001	Zambezi River	Sunset on the Zambezi River.
48	South Africa	2001	Boulders	Nesting African Penguins at Boulders.
47	Bosnia Hercegovina	2000	South Bosnia Hercegovina	Hillside village in the south of Bosnia.
46	Croatia	2000 2006	Split	Old city of Split on the Dalmatian coast is centred on the Roman era palace of Diocletian, built in 300 AD.
45	Slovenia	2000 2006	Bled	The Church of the Assumption and Bled Castle at Lake Bled.
44	Austria	2000	South Austria	Village in Southern Austria.
43	Slovakia	2000	Bratislava Castle	Bratislava Castle dates from the 15th century and sits 100m above the River Danube.
42	Poland	2000 2005	Krakow	The 16th century Cloth Hall in Rynek Glowny, the main square in old Krakow.
41	Czech Republic	2000	Prague	The beautiful astronomical clock on the Old Town Hall (Prague) dates from 1410.
40	Portugal	1999	Evora	The Ossuary Chapel in the Church of S�o Fransisco (in Evora) lined with the bones of thousands of people.
39	Uruguay	1998	Colonia del Sacramento	Classic cars in the quiet streets of Colonia del Sacramento.
38	Paraguay	1998	Itagu�	Beautiful �anduti lace from the village of Itagu�.
37	Argentina	1998	San Ignacio Min�	Detail from the gate of the ruined Jesuit mission of San Ignacio Min�, dating from 1632.
36	Brazil	1998	Amazon	Settlement on the banks of the Amazon, the world's longest river (6275km).
35	Venezuela	1998	Los Llanos	Piranha fishing in Los Llanos.
34	Norway	1997	Central Norway	Norway's wild central plateau.
33	Sweden	1997	Skansen	Skansen, an open-air folk museum near Stockholm.
32	Denmark	1997	Roshkilde	Roshkilde Cathedral (1170), burial place of Denmark's monarchs.
31	India	1995	Uttar Pradesh Agra	The tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah (1620), the oldest Moghul tomb made entirely of marble.
30	Belize	1995	Belize City	Waiting for the bus outside a shop in Belize City.
29	Guatemala	1995	Lake Atitlan	Toliman Volcano (3158m) over Lake Atitlan.
28	El Salvador	1995	Cojutepeque	A stall selling pupusas in Cojutepeque.
27	Honduras	1995	Western Hills	Busy bar in the western hills.
26	Nicaragua	1995	Ometepe Moyagalpa	Moyagalpa on Ometepe Island (Lake Nicaragua).
25	Costa Rica	1995	Arenal	Arenal Volcano (1633m) erupting.
24	Panama	1995	Panama Canal	Ship passing through the Panama Canal.
23	Colombia	1995	San Agustin	5th Century tomb at San Agustin.
22	Ecuador	1995	Cuenca	Ortega's Panama hat factory in Cuenca.
21	Peru	1995	Inca Trail Machu Picchu	The spectacular Inca city of Machu Picchu.
20	Bolivia	1994	Central Highlands	Llamas on the Central Highlands at 3500m.
19	Chile	1994	Easter Island	Moai in Rano Raraku Crater on Rapa Nui (Easter Island).
18	San Marino	1994	San Marino	Rainy street scene in this tiny mountain state, surrounded by Italy. San Marino is Europe's oldest republic.
17	Vatican City	1994	Vatican Museum	The Vatican Museum, previously a palace.
16	Italy	1994	Florence	The 14th Century Ponte Vecchio in Florence. This bridge has several gold and silver shops along its length.
15	Indonesia	1992	Java Jogjakarta Kraton	Vocalists with a Gamalan orchestra in the Royal Palace (or Kraton) in the Javanese city of Jogjakarta.
14	Malaysia	1992	Cameron Highlands	Tea plantations in the Cameron Highlands.
13	Singapore	1992	Singapore	Doorman at Raffles Hotel.
12	Germany	1992	Cologne	A view of central Cologne.
11	Netherlands	1992	Amsterdam	Canal scene in Amsterdam.
10	Luxembourg	1992	Luxembourg	Cobbled streets in the old city.
9	Belgium	1992	Brussels	The Grand Square, centre of Brussels.
8	Mexico	1991 1995	Mexico Teotihuac�n	Teotihuac�n (just outside Mexico City) was founded c 200 BC. The city covered 156 square kilometres and housed 200,000 people.
7	United States of America	1991	California Los Angeles	Visitors to Disneyland (near Los Angeles) having a picnic.
6	Switzerland	1991	Geneva	View over Geneva.
5	France	1991 2005 2009	Paris	Misty view over Paris, dominated by the Eiffel Tower.
4	Morocco	1990	Tangiers	Seated man in traditional dress in Tangiers.
3	Gibraltar	1990	Gibraltar	A Barbary Ape on the Rock of Gibraltar.
2	Spain	1990 1999	Ronda	The town of Ronda sits on a steep 130m high outcrop.
1	Pakistan	1984	Lahore	Preparing food for a wedding in Lahore.

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