47 Country Photos

This gallery features ONE photograph
from each of the 47 countries visited by
Talaat Qureshi

No	Country	Year(s) Visited	Picture	Click to View
1	Pakistan	1984	A man preparing food for a wedding in Lahore.
2	Spain	1990 1999	The House of Shells, a 15th Century residence in Salamanca.
3	Gibraltar	1990	A Barbary Ape on the Rock of Gibraltar.
4	Morocco	1990	Seated man in traditional dress in Tangiers.
5	France	1991	Misty view over Paris.
6	Switzerland	1991	View over Geneva.
7	United States of America	1991	The shack on Mount Wilson where the Michelson and Morley experiment took place.
8	Mexico	1991 1995	The 2nd Century Pyramids of the Sun and Moon at Teotihuacán.
9	Belgium	1992	The Grand Place, centre of Brussels.
10	Luxembourg	1992	Cobbled streets in the old city.
11	Netherlands	1992	Canal scene in Amsterdam.
12	Germany	1992	View towards the Brandenberg Gate in Berlin.
13	Singapore	1992	Doorman at Raffles Hotel.
14	Malaysia	1992	Tea plantations in the Cameron Highlands.
15	Indonesia	1992	Gamalan orchestra in the Royal Palace (or Kraton) in the Javanese city of Jogjakarta.
16	Italy	1994	The 14th Century Ponte Vecchio in Florence. This bridge has several gold and silver shops along its length.
17	Vatican City	1994	The Vatican Museum, previously a palace.
18	San Marino	1994	Rainy street scene in this tiny mountain state, surrounded by Italy. San Marino is Europe's oldest republic.
19	Chile	1994	Moai in Rano Raraku Crater on Rapa Nui (Easter Island).
20	Bolivia	1994	Llama foetuses at the Hechiceria (Witches Market) in La Paz. They are used in Aymara folk remedies.
21	Peru	1995	The spectacular Inca city of Machu Picchu.
22	Ecuador	1995	Ortega's Panama hat factory in Cuenca.
23	Colombia	1995	5th Century tomb at San Agustin.
24	Panama	1995	Ship passing through the Panama Canal.
25	Costa Rica	1995	Arenal Volcano (1633m) erupting.
26	Nicaragua	1995	Moyagalpa on Ometepe Island (Lake Nicaragua).
27	Honduras	1995	Busy bar in the western hills.
28	El Salvador	1995	A stall selling pupusas in Cojutepeque.
29	Guatemala	1995	Toliman Volcano (3158m) over Lake Atitlan.
30	Belize	1995	Waiting for the bus outside a shop in Belize City.
31	India	1995	The tomb of Itimud-ud-Daulah (1620), the oldest Moghul tomb made entirely of marble.
32	Denmark	1997	Roshkilde Cathedral (1170), burial place of Denmark's monarchs.
33	Sweden	1997	Skansen, an open-air folk museum near Stockholm.
34	Norway	1997	Norway's wild central plateau.
35	Venezuela	1998	Piranha fishing in Los Llanos.
36	Brazil	1998	Settlement on the banks of the Amazon.
37	Paraguay	1998	Beautiful Ñanduti lace from the village of Itaguá.
38	Argentina	1998	Detail from the ruined Jesuit mission of San Ignacio Miní, dating from 1632.
39	Uruguay	1998	Classic cars in the quiet streets of Colonia del Sacramento.
40	Portugal	1999	The Ossuary Chapel in the Church of São Fransisco (in Evora) lined with the bones of thousands of people.
41	Czech Republic	2000	The beautiful astronomical clock in Prague.
42	Poland	2000	The Cloth Hall in the centre of Krakow.
43	Slovakia	2000	Bratislava Castle overlooks the Danube.
44	Austria	2000	Village in Southern Austria.
45	Slovenia	2000	Houses by the riverside in Ljubljana.
46	Croatia	2000	Old city of Split on the Dalmatian coast.
47	Bosnia Hercegovina	2000	Hillside village in the south of Bosnia.

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