Japan photo gallery

On frozen Lake Akan: strong winds turn snowflakes into small whiplashes.Land of the rising sun: The Fuyiama shortly after dawn and just minutes before landing in Tokyo.Completed in 645, Tokyo's oldest temple, the Asakusa Temple, was built for Kannon, goddess of...

Taiwan – Capital in the jungle

Published in: Germany’s biggest nature travel magazine10 pages | text & photographs Download PDF (German only) Longshan Temple Smoke bites into my eyes. It drifts over from the huge pans and kilns in which incense sticks and paper offerings glow. And it plays a...

Taiwan photo gallery

Taiwan: Evening view of Yuchi on Sun Moon Lake.The respect that is demanded of you on this route, which is not free from vertigo, is also breathtaking: Annette on the old, very narrow Zhuilu trading route, from which you can look down many hundreds of metres onto the...

Scotland photo gallery

A peaceful retreat: the historic cemetery of tells many stories of past centuries.Annette on the old stone bridge that crosses the river 'Kinglas Water' near the village of Cairndow.Duart Castle, the ancestral seat of the MacLean clan, was built in the 13th or 14th...