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panorama by Willy Kaemena

Strahov Brewery is a small operation. The beer, dubbed ‘St. Norbert’ comes in a light and dark variety. We sampled the light version. At 60 crowns for a 0.4 liter glass it’s not cheap comparatively speaking, but it really is a damn fine beer. We had to drag ourselves out after only [...]

One of the oldest streets of Bremen.
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panorama by Willy Kaemena

Fireboat Alexander Grantham, the largest in the fleet of fireboats, was built by the Hong Kong Whampoa Dock Company Limited in 1953 and decommissioned in May 2002, after 49 years of service.

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panorama by Fat Chai

Joseph Volokolamsk Monastery was founded in 1479 by Joseph Volotsky. It became the center of his disciples, or Josephinians, and played a key role in the political and ecclesiastic life of the 16th-century Russia. It was also a stronghold of struggle against the opponents of church landownership and heretics. Its vaults [...]

Long cold winter and equally long dull spring make Moscovites thirsty for the sun light. Thanks to the extremely hot last decade за May it was possible to sunbath without the risk of frostbites.
This popular beach is located in Serebryany Bor (Silver Pine tree Forest), an artificial island, formed by the [...]

Moscow is crazy about expensive shiny cars. Good if it is Hummer with totally black windows (what does driver see while driving this car at night?), but if it is huge american truck - even better!
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panorama by Andrey Ilyin

Crowds throng this roadside Puja. An unusual idea where everything has been made from old Oil drums or tins and then painted. Cheap material that is recycled later.
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panorama by Dina Dev Burman

Unfortunately the ocean-side shore-line tends to be heavily spoiled by garbarge. Just to the left of the view towards the ocean there are three pig pens, each only slightly larger than the pig itself.
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panorama by Anthony Smith

The largest stupa in Nepal, Bodnath is the center of Tibetan Buddhist faith and culture in Kathmandu and rich in Buddhist symbolism. From above, Bodnath Stupa looks like a giant mandala, or diagram of the Buddhist cosmos. And as in all Tibetan mandalas, four of the Dhyani Buddhas mark the cardinal points, [...]