Swiss Valais photo gallery

The Gorge Alpine via ferrata knows no boredom: Again and again you shimmy from one side of the gorge to the other, balance on wooden planks just a few centimetres wide, walk across narrow suspension bridges - always perfectly secured.Two hours of outdoor fun ahead:...

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 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...