Pyongyang was built as a model city. Buildings are taller than in the rest of the country – but so are the obligatory portraits of the Country’s Leaders. More photographs of Pyongyang below.

.. of the Nation in central Pyongyang: The Statues of (eternal) “President Kim Il Sung” and “Leader Kim Jong Il”. Bowing is expected. Flowers are optional.

Trekking on the Great Wall at Jinshanling, 130km to the northeast of Beijing.

On the way to Khob, Xaiabouri Province, Laos

Saalbach, Österreich.

Buddha in a giant cave, close to Vang Vieng, Laos

This picture was taken a few hours south of Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, during a day-trip to the Mountains.

South England, Autumn, Sunset.