Scenery

10 photos of the Kongur Tagh mountain, at 7649 metres the highest peak of the Kunlun mountain range in China

15 photos of the the Karakoram highway between Tashkurgan and the Khunjerab pass

10 photos of the Tiger Leaping Gorge, one of the deepest gorges in the world.

6 photos of the Kochel lake in the Bavarian alps south of Munich

13 photos of the Königssee, an alpine lake in a beautiful setting in southeastern Bavaria and Germany's deepest and cleanest lake

12 photos of castle Linderhof near Ettal in southern Bavaria, the smallest of King Ludwig II castles.

11 photos of castle Neuschwanstein in southern Bavaria, a fairy tale castle in a breathtaking setting.

11 photos of the Benedictine Ettal monastery and the Eibsee and Tegernsee alpine lakes.

36 photos of Mt Wendelstein, an 1838m high mountain in the Bavarian alps offering views of the northern Alps

31 photos of the Zugspitze, Germany's highest mountain

9 panoramic views of the archaeological site of Mystras and the region around it

33 photos of the Dal lake near Srinagar, famous for its Victorian houseboats

7 photos of the Ritten plateau near Bozen

22 photos of the impressive setting surrounding Petra, with steep gorges, deep canyons and mountains

22 photos of the Siq, the narrow gorge which leads to the city of Petra

14 photos of the coast near Pusan, including the Taejongdae peninsula and the Haeundae beach

7 photos of Don Det island in the south of Laos at the border to Cambodia