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PMR105-02 Egypt, Aswan: ruins of the 7th century Monastery of St. Simeon, built by Coptic Christians in the desert, but abandoned after the arrival of Islam in Egypt. View of the desert through the mud-brick walls, with the waiting camel drivers. Keywords: archeology, antiquity, historical, architecture, culture
PMR088-09 Italy, Tuscany, Florence/Firenze: portrait-artists waiting for custom on the steps of the Piazzale Michelangelo, with a panorama of the city in the background. Keywords: caricatures, sketches, drawings
PMR-D12029 Greece, Island of Symi: crowds of passengers waiting for the arriving ferryboat on the jetty, in front of the clocktower. Keywords: culture, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, harbour, Hellas, island hopping, picturesque
PMR-D8640 Chile. Temuco: fortune teller with tarot cards waiting for customers in the Plaza de Armas de Anibal Pinto. Keywords: South America, Latin America
PMR-D6695 Northern Ireland, County Down: Mount Stewart (National Trust), home of the Marquises of Londonderry for 270 years. The gardens are the inspiration of Lady Edith, wife of the 7th Marquis. The legendary White Stag, waiting to guide departed souls to Tir nan Og, the Gaelic afterworld. Keywords: heritage, historic, culture, manor house, mansion, stately home, garden, flowers, colourful, herbacious, border, luxuriant
PMR-D6694 Northern Ireland, County Down: Mount Stewart (National Trust), home of the Marquises of Londonderry for 270 years. The gardens are the inspiration of Lady Edith, wife of the 7th Marquis. The legendary White Stag, waiting to guide departed souls to Tir nan Og, the Gaelic afterworld. Keywords: heritage, historic, culture, manor house, mansion, stately home, garden, flowers, colourful, herbacious, border, luxuriant
PMR-D5540 Greece, Island of Santorini: the top of the stairway in Fira, with donkeys and mules waiting to carry the leg-weary to the bottom. Keywords: Greek Islands, Hellas, island hopping, picturesque, colourful, heritage, Cyclades, Thera, Thira
PMR-D4975 People's Republic of China, Xinjiang Province, Kashgar, the Uighur capital, centre of regional trade and culture for two millennia: a camel waiting for custom in the main square. Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, Silk Road, picturesque, Uighur, oasis-city, ancient, heritage, historic, tradition, cosmopolitan
PMR-D0934 Myanmar, Mandalay, Mingun: the ferryboat, waiting to return to Mandalay, about 1-hour away on the Ayeyarwady River. Keywords: Buddhist, temples, picturesque, architecture, colourful, religious, Burma
PMR-D0886 Myanmar, Mandalay: Mahamudi Paya with the revered Mahamudi Buddha, which has acquired a 15cm. thick covering of gold leaf over the years. There is a permanent queue of followers waiting to pay their respects. Keywords: Buddhist, Burma, religious, colourful, architecture, picturesque, temples
PMR-D0248 Jordan: Petra, a Nabataean city, probably dating from 500-600 BC, later administered by the Romans, in part carved out of the rose-red sandstone rocks of the Wadi Araba. Famous as "the rose-red city, half as old as time", Petra has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985. Patiently waiting donkey against a background of rosy, rugged walls of Wadi Musa. Keywords: archeology, Egyptian architecture, Graeco-Roman architecture, graining, multicoloured, strata, colourful, ruins, geology, geological, excavations, archeological, rock tombcaves
PMR-D0242 Jordan: Petra, a Nabataean city, probably dating from 500-600 BC, later administered by the Romans, in part carved out of the rose-red sandstone rocks of the Wadi Araba. Famous as "the rose-red city, half as old as time", Petra has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985. Patiently waiting donkeys against a background of rosy, rugged walls of Wadi Musa. Keywords: archeology, Egyptian architecture, Graeco-Roman architecture, graining, multicoloured, strata, colourful, ruins, geology, geological, excavations, archeological, rock tombcaves
PMR360-06 France, Haute-Savoie: recently completed (1992) skiing village of Avoriaz, above Morzine, waits for the snow........ Keywords: architecture, winter sports, holidays, tourism, accommodation, apartments, renting, alpine, community, Portes du Soleil, trekking, golf
PMR240-10 France, Grenoble: stage of the 9th Transeuropeenne de vol a voile (Transeuropean Glider Competition). Local sailplanes waiting for launching. Keywords: aircraft, aviation, airplane, aeroplane, glider, sailplane
PMR-D4017 People's Republic of China, Guangxi Province, Guilin: young Chinese girls waiting for the chairlift to the top of the Yao Mountain. Keywords: Middle Kingdom, Han, Asian, pretty girls, selfie, youth
PMR-D1443 People's Republic of China, Tibet: waiting for the shuttle bus to return to Base Camp from the forward position. Keywords: architecture, mountains, religion, colourful, Asian, Buddhist, temples, picturesque, historical, heritage
PMR-D1423 People's Republic of China, Tibet: Rotel bus waiting to enter tunnel, on the road to Everest Base Camp. Keywords: architecture, mountains, religion, colourful, Asian, Buddhist, temples, picturesque, historical, heritage
PMR-D1206 People's Republic of China, Tibet: horses near the top of the hill, just below Yumbulagang Monastery, waiting for custom to descend. Keywords: architecture, heritage, historical, picturesque, temples, Buddhist, Asian, colourful, religion
PMR183-10 Germany, Upper Bavaria, Bayerischzell: horse-drawn sleigh waiting near the Rathaus (town hall) with snow-capped mountains behind. Keywords: alpine, outdoor life, picturesque, Alps, snow, mountains, colourful
PMR183-09 Germany, Upper Bavaria, Bayerischzell: horse-drawn sleigh waiting near the Rathaus (town hall) in winter. Keywords: alpine, outdoor life, picturesque, Alps, frescoes, snow
PMR495-01 Island of Crete, Samaria Gorge: Ayia Roumeli, a new village at the seaward end of the gorge, where the walkers wait for a ferry to Hora Sfakion, from where there is a road connection to Harnia. Keywords: picturesque, beach, walkers, hiking, hike, canyon, stoney, stones , cliffs, geology, geological, rocky, rocks
PMR435-05 Lithuania, Kaunas: wedding group posing in front of the Town Hall; other wedding groups wait to take their place. Keywords: pedestrian zone, bride and groom, marriage, photogenic
PMR533-10 Iraq, Hatra: a great Arab city, founded in the 3rd century BC after the fall of the Assyrian empire in 612 BC and Babylon in 539 BC. The buildings combine elements of Hellenistic/Roman and Syrian architecture: view from the roof of theTemple of the Sun, showing the wall of the temple compound and one of the western gates. The area beyond was the residential quarter (waiting to be excavated). Keywords: architecture, Mesopotamia, ruined city, desert, historical, archeological, archeology, natural heritage, culture
PMR133K-05 Cambodia: Lake Tonle Sap, the largest freshwater lake in South East Asia, reaches its maximum size during the monsoon season, before shrinking radically during the rest of the year. It is a nature reserve and UNESCO designated Biosphere. This picture: a group of blue touring boats at the quay, waiting for customers. Keywords: biosphere, natural heritage, wild life habitat, nature reserve, bird reserve, ecology
PMR118K-03 Jordan, Jerash: already settled in Neolithic times, Jerash was later occupied by Greeks and Romans, and the latter are responsible for most of the surviving architecture which dates from 64 BC. By the first/second century AD the town had a population of about 15-20,000 inhabitants and was known as "Gerasa". This picture: Beautifully carved fallen architrave - waiting for possible re-erection? Keywords: Roman architecture, ruined city, excavations, archeology, classical architecture, national heritage, Gerasa, Gilead Hills, archeological site
PMR087K-28 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mostar: some of the damaged buildings are still empty shells, waiting to be rebuilt. Keywords: Islam, Muslim, Bosniaks, Ottoman, historic, national heritage, picturesque, war damage
PMR081K-30 Tunisia: Bizerta, founded by the Phoenicians in the 9th century BC under the name of Hippo Diarrytus, possesses a fine natural harbour. Freighters moored along the docks, waiting to unload cargo. Keywords: Islamic, cranes, dockside, port, Maghreb, historic, heritage, Mohamed, Muslim, picturesque
PMR045K-36 Panama City: Giant, slab-sided car-transporter ship, waiting to enter the Panama Canal at Balboa. Yellow flowering shrub in the foreground.
PMR045K-35 Panama City: Giant, slab-sided car-transporter ship, waiting to enter the Panama Canal at Balboa.
PMR023K-10 Viet Nam, Saigon: A barber carries on his trade on the open street while the next customer waits. Keywords: Vietnam, small trader, hairdresser, barber shop
PMR011K-23 Germany, Upper Bavaria, Munich: Participants in the Oktoberfest Procession in national costumes waiting in front of Münchener Rathaus (Town Hall). Keywords: national dress, traditional costumes, culture, heritage
PMR010K-17 Canada, Alberta, Calgary: Kananaskis National Park: the dog , waiting for a stick to be thrown.
PMR002K-25 Poland, Zakopane: Winter snow scene of droschkes or horse drawn carriages waiting for customers, with Tatra Mountains in the background.
PMR030K-25 USA, Illinois, Chicago: River cruisers in the locks, waiting to leave the Chicago River. Keywords: sightseeing, sluices, water transport
PMR075K-20 Spain, Lanzarote: the harbour at Orzola, with waiting ferry boat, "Volcan de Tindaya", to the island of La Graciosa. Keywords: Canary Islands, leisure, holidays, sunshine
PMR402-03 Hungary, Budapest: St. Matthew' Tower and St. Matthew's Church with waiting droschke carriages, a popular area for tourists. Keywords: Magyar, architecture, Danube, cityscape, capital city, metropolis
PMR378-08 Australia, Northern Territory: waiting for the sun to go down on the Olgas (Kata Tjuta). Keywords: outback, tropical, biotope, ecology, savannah, vegetation, geology, natural, nature, bush, wilderness, monolith
PMR543-3 Ceske Budejovice/Budweis: droshkies waiting for custom in the main square, with the Samson fountain in the background. Keywords: Budweis, historic town, picturesque town, horse carriages
PMR617-12 Germany, Bavaria, Franconia, Riedenberg: Arrival of the boat from Regensburg on the River Altmühl, with the convent of St. Anna on the far bank. Keywords: river transport, waiting for the boat, boat outing, river traffic connections, pleasure boat, pleasure craft, river trip, water bus

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