The Khmer Rouge are long gone but Angkor is still going strong.  Pay a visit before the average tourist figures this out.

Shown: Carved face, Ta Prohm, Angkor

One weekend in the fastest-growing town on the planet, studying the results of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Shown: Path to Midlake Teahouse, Yuyuan Gardens, Shanghai

The Fragrant Harbor has more than just packed alleyways and dim sum...  although there are plenty of those too!

Shown: Ultramodern buildings and a peeping bus, Hong Kong Island

Travels in northern India.

Shown: Guard at the Golden Temple, Amritsar

Mind-boggling extremes of geography, culture and wealth (or lack thereof) in the world's largest archipelago.

Shown: National Monument (Monas), Jakarta

Pictures from all over the country, taken during the 1.5 years I've lived there.  You may also wish to check out the travelogues for some context.

Shown: Room in Sanshu, Nara

Slowly emerging from Japan's long shadow.

Shown: Changdeokgung Palace, Seoul

The forgotten country of South-East Asia, taking its first cautious steps on the tourist trail.

Shown: Buddha statue, Wat Si Saket, Vientiane

Beach bum on the Perhentians and a shopoholic in Kuala Lumpur.

Shown: KLCC Suria, Kuala Lumpur

A slice of paradise if you can afford it.

Shown: Beach on the Indian Ocean, Thulhagiri Atoll

Same as China, only different.

Shown: Misty cedar forest, Alishan

Tales from the Big Mango and other points around the country.

Shown: Flower garland, Wat Rajnadda, Bangkok

Tropical city-state not quite as boring as its reputation.

Shown: Bored proboscis monkey, Singapore Zoo

One weekend in boomtown Saigon, plus a few days poking around Hue and Hoi An.

Shown: Detail of the Citadel, Hue

A weekend of beer, chocolate and mussels.

Shown: Statue, Cathedral of St. Michel

Five days on both sides of the divided Mediterranean island.

Shown: House of the Dragoman Hadjigeorgakis, Nicosia

A few shots from Copenhagen and surroundings. 

Shown: Inside Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde

Finland's next-door neighbor, here are the results of a quick visit to the capital Tallinn on a beautiful summer day.

Shown: Alexander Nevsky Orthodox Cathedral, Tallinn
 

My native country and hence a frequent target for nature photography.

Shown: Chilling out, Helsinki

A few trips around the land of berets, baguettes and cheese-eating surrender monkeys.

Shown: Eiffel Tower, Paris

The economic juggernaut of Europe.

Shown: European Central Bank, Frankfurt

A few early autumn snapshots from the land of white, blue and moussaka.

Shown: Benches outside the cathedral, Hydra

The land of goulash and wine!  (And one techno party whose pictures are elsewhere.)

Shown: A bowl of gulyas at Ráb Ráby, Szentendre

Some all too touristy pictures, mostly from Rome, a scattering from Sicily.

Shown: Marble bust at ACEA, Rome

A quick week in the Emerald Isle, from cosmopolitan Dublin to the windy pastures of Gaelic-speaking Inis Mor.

Shown: Shopping in Galway

Pint-sized principality of prosperity.

Shown: Tank at the World War II Museum, Diekirch

I spent two weeks on the wackiest island in the Mediterranean, but didn't take too many pictures.

Shown: Prehistoric ruins, Hagar Qim

One week in fjord country and another at the northernmost point inhabited by man.

Shown: Blue walls of ice, Esmarkbreen, Svalbard

An all-too-quick first visit to everybody's favorite European city.

Shown: Casa Batllo, Barcelona

Pretty pictures from a pint-size country.

Shown: Window in Trg Svobode, Kamnik

Stockholm and Lapland during the brief Arctic summer.

Shown: Royal guard, Stockholm

Brief evidence of visits to CERN (Geneva) and ETH (Zürich).

Shown: Bank, Geneva

London and Cambridge.

Shown: Impenetrably British signage, Bishopsgate, London

The gateway to Africa.  Pictures from Cairo, Alexandria and the Sinai peninsula.

Shown: St. Catherine's monastery, Sinai

Random snapshots from the Holy Land.  (See also Palestine.)

Shown: Thistles at sunset, Herzliya

The pictures from a blitzkrieg tour through the desert and the ruins.  Again, read the photojournal.

Shown: Treasury (Khazneh), Petra

The other half of the Holy Land.  (See also Israel.)

Shown: Kids with a toy AK-47 in the souq, Bethlehem

A peek into the secretive Magic Kingdom.

Shown: Oil well, National Museum, Riyadh

Northern Africa sizzling in midsummer.

Shown: Zitouna Mosque, Tunis

The bridge between Europe and Asia.

Shown: Suleymaniye Camii over the Golden Horn, Istanbul

A set of quick visits to the brashest ministates money can buy.

Shown: Over-the-top opulence at the Emirates Palace Hotel, Abu Dhabi

The Real Africa: safaris, friend people, dust and poverty.

Shown: Mobile operator Zambian style, Zambia-Malawi border

Tropical islands that, for once, actually look like postcards.

Shown: The aptly named Paradise Island

Just like the United States, only different. Or so they think.

Shown: Patriotic souvenir shop, Montreal, Quebec

Just like Canada, only bigger and louder.

Shown: Philippe's French Dipped Sandwiches, Downtown LA

The Land Down Under, with tropical beaches, snowy mountains and everything in between.  So far only managed to get to Northern Queensland, but will return someday...

Shown: Goanna, Hinchinbrook Island, Queensland