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Date	Country	Title
1999 10 21	Turkey	The hippodrome: Egyptian obelisk, Blue Mosque
1999 10 22	Turkey	Aya Sofya, or Church of the Divine Wisdom
1999 10 22	Turkey	Interior of Hagia Sophia (the Divine Wisdom)
1999 10 31	Turkey	Fresco at Aya Sofya Church, Trabzon
1999 11 04	Turkey	Sivas Medrese faÁade
1999 11 06	Turkey	Eski G¸m¸sler Monastery
1999 11 08	Turkey	Fresco from church in Gˆreme, Cappadocia
1999 11 15	Turkey	Happy at the temple at Didyma
1999 11 19	Turkey	Whirling Dervish monastery at Konya
1999 11 20	Turkey	Deir El Zaferan Syrian Orthodox Monastery Church, with the Kurdish bus conductor Musa who persuaded me to go there
1999 11 24	Syria	The stump of St Simeon Stylites' pillar
1999 12 06	Syria	The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus
2000 01 24	Iran	The holy shrine in Ghom -- second in importance only to Mashhad
2000 01 25	Iran	The front entrance to the Masjed-e-Emam
2000 01 25	Iran	Masjed-e-Imam
2000 01 29	Iran	The dome and minaret of the Bogh-e-ye Shahe Cheragh
2000 02 02	Iran	Masjid-i-Pa-Minar, Kerman --- tiles (1)
2000 02 02	Iran	Masjid-i-Pa-Minar, Kerman --- tiles (2)
2000 02 02	Iran	Masjid-i-Pa-Minar, Kerman --- tiles (3)
2000 02 02	Iran	Dome of the Masjid-i-Jami, Kerman
2000 02 02	Iran	A mosque in Kerman
2000 02 02	Iran	Kerman's Masjed-e-Jame
2000 02 03	Iran	Mir Chakhmaq Mosque, Yazd
2000 02 03	Iran	Dome of the Mosque of Imam Reza, Yazd
2000 02 03	Iran	Tiled multiple vault over eivan at entrance to Imam Reza Mosque, Yazd
2000 02 14	Iran	Mashhad --- Inside the Holy Shrine complex
2000 02 16	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat's new Turkish-built mosque (‡ la Blue Mosque in Istanbul)
2000 02 20	Uzbekistan	Detail from the Mir-i-Arab Medresseh, Bukhara
2000 02 20	Uzbekistan	Inside Bukhara's remaining synagogue
2000 02 23	Uzbekistan	A mosque in Khiva
2000 02 23	Uzbekistan	A minaret in Khiva
2000 02 23	Uzbekistan	Dome of a mosque in Khiva
2000 02 24	Uzbekistan	Ulugh Beg's medresseh (1420) in the Registan at Samarkand
2000 02 24	Uzbekistan	Sher Dor (Shir Dar) medresseh (1616) in the Registan at Samarkand
2000 02 24	Uzbekistan	Detail of exterior decoration of the Sher Dor medresseh, Samarkand
2000 02 24	Uzbekistan	Interior courtyard of the Sher Dor medresseh, Samarkand
2000 02 24	Uzbekistan	Tillah Kari medresseh (1618) in the Registan at Samarkand --- part of interior courtyard
2000 02 24	Uzbekistan	Tillah Kari medresseh, Samarkand --- detail
2000 02 24	Uzbekistan	Mosque of Bibi Khanum (1399) at Samarkand
2000 02 24	Uzbekistan	Minaret of the mosque of Bibi Khanum, Samarkand
2000 02 26	Uzbekistan	Detail from a tomb in Shahi-Zinda, Samarkand
2000 03 03	Uzbekistan	Men at the tomb of Ali in Shakhimardan who wanted their photo taken
2000 03 09	Kyrgyzstan	A Russian church in Karakol
2000 03 09	Kyrgyzstan	A mosque in Karakol designed by a Chinese architect
2000 03 14	Kazakstan	The entrance and dome of the Mausoleum of Qozha Ahmed Yasaui, Kazakstan's only famous old building!
2000 03 17	Kazakstan	Vakil Cathedral (1904)
2000 03 23	China	Detail from a Buddhist temple in Five Springs Park, Lanzhou
2000 03 26	China	Blossom at the Shaanxi Provincial Museum, Xi'an (formerly a Confucian temple)
2000 03 26	China	Guidebook of Xi'an Great Mosque
2000 03 29	China	Entry ticket for the Niujie mosque, Beijing
2000 03 29	China	Leaflet about the Niujie mosque, Beijing
2000 03 30	China	Entry ticket for the Yong He temple, Beijing
2000 03 31	China	One of the thousands of Yungan Buddhas Ö.
2000 03 31	China	Ö and Nicky and Helen in front of the Buddha showing just how big he is
2000 04 02	China	Nicky in front of the temple of heaven (Tiantan)
2000 04 04	China	A temple in Tiantan Park
2000 04 23	China	The prayer hall in Tianjin's mosque
2000 04 23	China	Worshippers at the end of a Buddhist ceremony at Tianjin's Dabaiyuan monastery
2000 05 04	China	The pagoda at Suzhou's Northern Temple, from its east
2000 07 01	China	A Tibetan prayer flag at a bridge in Jiuzhaigou
2000 07 02	China	A Tibetan prayer wheel by a stream in Jiuzhaigou
2000 07 03	China	A buddhist temple in Songpan
2000 07 03	China	The roof of one of Songpan's mosques
2000 07 03	China	Boys playing ping-pong in the modern mosque
2000 07 09	China	At the Taoist temple of Qingyang gong
2000 07 10	China	The huge head of the world's biggest Buddha
2000 07 10	China	Buddha's hand
2000 07 10	China	Buddha from below
2000 07 13	China	A statue in the Pingdushan temple complex high above the Yangzi river
2000 07 13	China	Gaudi'esque rooves on Pingdushan, a devilish abode above the town of Fengdu
2000 07 13	China	Detail from a lintel at a temple on Pingdushan above the Yangzi River
2000 07 13	China	More highly embellished rooves and pagoda at Pingdushan
2000 08 26	Italy	Outside the church in Baveno on Lago Maggiore
2000 08 28	Italy	Milan Cathedral
2000 10 05	Mongolia	A decorated beam at the only remaining temple at the Manzhusir Khiid monastery
2000 10 05	Mongolia	View from a doorway inside Manzhusir Khiid
2000 10 06	Mongolia	The sign at Gandan Monastery, in Ulaan Baatar
2000 10 06	Mongolia	Pigeons are fed
2000 10 06	Mongolia	Outside one of Gandan's temples
2000 10 06	Mongolia	The main temple at the Gandan monastery, under heavy skies
2000 10 07	Mongolia	By early evening we had reached the Erdene Zuu monastery built using ruins of ancient Karakorum
2000 10 07	Mongolia	Temples at Erdene Zuu
2000 10 07	Mongolia	Within the grounds of Erdene Zuu
2000 11 02	China	Detail at the Confucius temple in Qufu
2000 11 04	China	Inside the temple at Laoshan, outside Qingdao
2001 01 21	China	In front of the Temple of Heaven (Tiantan) in winter -- Pascal, Alexa and Helen
2001 01 23	China	One of Harbin's former Russian churches -- St Sofya
2001 01 26	China	Xi'an's Great Mosque --- in winter this time
2001 01 28	China	Carvings at the Longmen Caves near the ancient Chinese capital of Luoyang
2001 01 29	China	Pagodas at the Shaolin Temple
2001 01 30	China	Detail inside the temple in Kaifeng
2001 02 07	China	Meeting pilgrims upon approaching the Labrang Monastery
2001 02 07	China	One of the Labrang Monastery buildings
2001 02 07	China	Pilgrims spinning prayer wheels at Labrang
2001 02 07	China	Finely dressed Tibetan pilgrims in Xiahe
2001 02 07	China	During the afternoon the sun shone onto the golden roofs
2001 02 07	China	Pilgrims gather at the painted yak butter lanterns to celebrate the end of the festival
2001 02 09	China	Zha Xi Sang Bo outside the temple of his former monastery
2001 02 09	China	A painted wall inside the temple
2001 02 09	China	Food is offered at the altar inside the temple
2001 02 09	China	These yak-butter objects of offering have dates stuck onto them
2001 02 09	China	Ceiling inside the prayer hall at the monastery above Jianzha
2001 02 09	China	The prayer hall at the monastery above Jianzha
2001 02 10	China	Monastery buildings at Gumbum, another important Lamasery
2001 02 15	China	A restored wall panel inside the mosque at the Tombs of the Muslim Kings of Hami
2001 02 15	China	A less-recently restored section inside the Hami Muslim kings' mosque
2001 02 15	China	The Hami royal mausoleum
2001 02 15	China	Minaret at the mosque at the Tomb of Hami's Muslim kings
2001 02 15	China	Detail on the wall of the mosque at the tomb of the Muslim kings
2001 02 16	China	Turpan's Khiva-esque minaret
2001 02 24	China	A tiled tower on Kashgar's most famous mausoleum
2001 04 13	Australia	St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney in bright autumn sunshine -- Good Friday 2001
2001 07 10	Turkey	Aya Sofya in July
2001 08 01	Turkey	Mosaic at Aya Sofya
2001 08 10	England	Asel at Winchester Cathedral
2001 09 18	Turkey	17th century Iznik tiles on the wall of the Sultaniye Cami
2001 09 18	Turkey	More Turkish tiles - this time on an octagonal pillar
2001 09 19	Thailand	Well-contrasting tiles on the wall of the XXX temple
2001 09 19	Thailand	Curved and brightly coloured tiles on the XXX temple wall
2001 09 19	Thailand	A mother of pearl inlaid door to the prayer hall of the XXX temple
2001 09 19	Thailand	Detail from the XXX temple wall
2001 09 20	Thailand	Finely painted wall running beneath the huge reclining buddha
2001 09 20	Thailand	The top of a Wat Po stupa
2001 09 20	Thailand	Bright sunlight before the daily downpour at Wat Po
2001 09 20	Thailand	A highly decorated stupa in the Emerald Buddha royal temple complex
2001 09 20	Thailand	One of the many gaudy stupas in the Emerald Buddha royal temple complex
2001 09 20	Thailand	An elephant in the Emerald Buddha royal temple complex
2001 09 20	Thailand	Buddha's huge upper torso midst renovation by tiny workers at Wat Po
2002 02 13	Australia	St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, Ash Wednesday 2002
2002 05 09	Mongolia	Altai gers and uvuu
2002 05 10	Mongolia	Zorigt and her new main man encircle the uvuu above her land
2002 06 11	Mongolia	Halfway to Darhan with my co-workers from the UB office: Bolortuya, Ariunaa, Ikhbayer, Horolsuren (the younger)
2002 08 12	Mongolia	Amarbayasgalant Monastery - the best restored, most active Mongolian Buddhist monastery outside UB
2002 08 12	Mongolia	Our driver Jugei stays in the shade - the temparature is over 90 degrees Fahrenheit!
2002 08 12	Mongolia	Symbolic eaves at Amarbayasgalant
2002 08 12	Mongolia	A snake inside one of the temples!
2002 08 12	Mongolia	A finely painted wall-hanging at Amarbayasgalant
2002 08 12	Mongolia	A monk spins prayer wheels, his habit on his head to protect it from the sun
2002 08 12	Mongolia	The main prayer hall at Amarbayasgalant
2002 08 12	Mongolia	After our visit to the monastery
2002 08 12	Mongolia	Amarbayasgalant Monastery - in colour
2002 08 15	Mongolia	The inauguration of St. Mary's Parish, 1: the church was packed!
2002 08 15	Mongolia	The inauguration of St. Mary's Parish, 2: instruments used in this first mass
2002 08 15	Mongolia	The inauguration of St. Mary's Parish, 3: view into the main part of the church
2002 08 15	Mongolia	The inauguration of St. Mary's Parish, 4: Father Kim, new parish priest (in black), with members of the Korean community in UB
2002 12 08	Syria	The road to Ezra'a's 516 AD Church of Mar Georgios
2003 02 17	Syria	The Italianate Latin Rite cathedral in Aleppo
2003 02 18	Syria	St Simeon's stump - in mist and snow
2003 02 18	Syria	The basilica built round St Simeon's pillar is still impressive, half ruined, in a snowstorm
2003 02 18	Syria	Dad loved the waving palms and the curved designs on the stonework at the Basilica
2003 02 18	Syria	The ground of the ruined basilica is littered with interesting stones
2003 02 19	Syria	This is now a medreseh courtyard - but was an ancient Byzantine cathedral
2003 02 19	Syria	More waving palm fronds, this time in the cathedral-turned-medreseh
2003 02 19	Syria	Aleppo's principal mosque is under renovation, as we were permitted to see
2003 02 21	Syria	The brilliant mosaic inside the Umayyad mosque is stunning
2003 02 21	Syria	Beauty for the glory of God
2003 03 04	Syria	Minaret of the Umayyad Mosque
2003 03 04	Syria	Every time I go there I am awed by the gloriousness
2003 04 12	Thailand	Giang with her funny little nephew at the Golden Buddha temple
2003 04 13	Thailand	Worshippers at Bangkok's Wat Arun
2003 05 02	England	Byland abbey
2003 05 02	England	Asel and Richard at Byland abbey
2003 06 14	U.S.A.	Kim enters the church
2003 06 14	U.S.A.	Kim sits listening to the priest
2003 06 14	U.S.A.	Tom and his best man in the church
2003 06 14	U.S.A.	Kim and Tom exchange vows
2003 07 29	Syria	The glorious mosaics at the Umayyad Mosque
2003 07 29	Syria	July sunlight at the Umayyad Mosque

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