THAILAND / Phi Ta Khon Festival, Loei

LIETUVA

HUNGARY / Shake "Vipera berus"

THAILAND / Bangkok

INDIA / Velankanni Church

FRANCE / Cite de Carcassonne

The Cite-de-Carcassonne is located in the lovely Languedoc region of France, near the border with Spain. The closest big city is Toulouse, about sixty miles to the northwest.

Carcassonne history goes back as least as far as Roman Gaul; parts of the city's fortifications date from 1st century AD. Located at the strategic intersection of two historic trade routes, from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean and from Spain to the center of France, Carcassonne's defenses were strengthened by successive owners. In the 5th century, the Visigoth's extended the Roman defenses and for many years after Carcassonne Castle proved impenetrable to invaders.

ISRAEL / Jerusalem

JAPAN / Maiko Girl, KYOTO

SLOVENIA / Ljubljana

A view of the Ljubljana Castle

LIETUVA / Trakai

Trakai castel, 14th c.

TAIWAN / Little Liouciou - Vase Crag

This is famous flower vase crag.

Vase Crag is a coral limestone about nine meters high. Some people called it the guardian of Little Liouciou, which has been heavily visited by domestic and foreign tourists alike. Vase Crag is located at the end of the northeastern side of White Sand Beach next to Basha Harbor. It is only about 300 meters away from the highway circling the island. Vase Crag totally resembles to a vase! Because of the flower clusters and the green grass growing on the top of rock, it appears quite similar to a vase filled with flowers and green leaves. That is how Vase Crag gets its name from.
It is a quite fascinating experience that Vase Crag blends in perfectly with the deep sapphire waters and displays a different kind of charm depending on the time of the day. In the morning, it looks like a shining jewel in the shimmering blue waters; at night, it seems like a guardian watching over the residents on the island.

BRAZIL / Curitiba

Oscar Niemeyer Museum, from Curitiba.

The Oscar Niemeyer Museum (Portuguese: Museu Oscar Niemeyer) is located in the city of Curitiba, in the state of Paraná. It is called The Big Eye or Eye Museum too, due to the design of the building. The museum focuses on the visual arts, architecture and design. For its magnificence, beauty and for the importance of the collection, it represents a cultural institution of international significance.

ITALIA / Campi Salentina

CANADA / Alberta Cree Indian

The Cree are one of the largest groups of First Nations/Native Americans in North America, with 200,000 members living in Canada. In Canada, the major proportion of Cree live north and west of Lake Superior, in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories, although 15,000 live in eastern Quebec.
In the United States, this Algonquian-speaking people lived historically from Lake Superior westward. Today, they live mostly in Montana, where they share a reservation with the Ojibwe (Chippewa).

MONTENEGRO / Kotor, Muo panorama