Saturday, November 18, 2006

Copenhagen, Denmark, 2006

Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark is Scandinavia's most fantastic city.

The little Mermaid, Copenhagen, Photo UFM

The little Mermaid, Copenhagen, Photo UFM

Ship belonging to the royal family, Copenhagen, Photo UFM

Copenhagen, Photo UFM

Copenhagen, Photo UFM

Gefion fountain in Copenhagen, Photo UFM

Copenhagen, Photo UFM

Copenhagen, Photo UFM

Bridge between Denmark and Sweeden, Photo AA

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Rohtas Fort 2006

Rothas fort was built by Sher Shah Suri, the most illustrious Afghan in history. Born in India of Pathan parents, he managed to defeat the second Mughal emperor Hamayun and take India. His reign lasted six years (1539-45).


Rohtas Fort, photo SAR

Sher Shah built Rothas as his northwestern frontier outpost, 16 kilometers beyond his Jhelum borders, to try to keep the local Ghakkar tribe in check and to prevent the return of Hamayun. Construction work on the Rothas fort began in about 1540 and was finished ten years later, after Sher Shah's death - a stupendous achievement in so short a time.
Despite its size and strategic location, Rothas proved to be something of a white elephant. Ten years after Sher Shah's death in 1545, Hamayun returned to Delhi, Sher Shah's two successors having proved worthless. The Afghan governor of Rothas made no resistance and fled the fort along with his garrison. Thus Rothas never served the purpose for which it was intended. Rothas lost its importance as a frontier garrison when Hamayun's son Akbar built his great fort at Attock, on the Indus in the 1580's.

The fort has a parameter five kilometers long, along which are massive walls, bastions and battlements, and ten gates. For about one kilometer along the river the walls are doubled and tiered on the inside. The fort was adapted to terrain, so that the walls meander and turn with the undulating hills and make use of the river and a number of deep ravines for their defense.

Source: Pakistan Handbook by Isobel Shah
Rohtas Fort, photo SAR

Rohtas Fort, photo SAR

Rohtas Fort, photo SAR

Rohtas Fort, photo SAR

Haweli Man Singh, photo SAR

Rohtas Fort, photo SAR

Haweli Man Singh, photo SAR

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Matterhorn, travel wonder in Switzerland, 2006

Matterhorn is the most distinctive peak in the world, thanks to its dramatic pyramidal shape. On the border between Switzerland and Italy, its graceful pyramid (4,478 meters high) towers over the Swiss town of Zermatt.


View from Zermatt, photo UFM

View from Schwarzsee at 2583 metres, photo UFM

Schwarzsee at 2583 metres, photo UFM

Zermatt, photo UFM

Sunday, July 02, 2006

Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse, July 2006

The Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse is a toll road across the central alpine chain, connecting Fusch and Heiligenblut, both in Austria.

Built in 1935, it is one of Austria's most scenic roads. Many parking areas and visitor platforms provide breathtaking views of the high alpine scenery on Austria's highest mountain, Grossglockner, its largest glacier, Pasterze glacier, and many other features. (source: Wikitravel)


At 3,798m the Grossglockner is one of the highest peaks in the Alps. photo UFM

Grossglockner High Alpine Road, photo UFM

Grossglockner High Alpine Road, photo UFM

Grossglockner High Alpine Road, photo UFM

Grossglockner High Alpine Road, photo UFM

Grossglockner High Alpine Road, photo UFM

Grossglockner High Alpine Road, photo UFM

We stayed at the mountain guesthouse "Wallackhaus" 2304 m.
View from our room, photo UFM

Hochtortunnel (1933-1935) at altitude of 2504 m., photo UFM

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

New York June 2006


Statue of Liberty. photo SAR

Flowers at Ground Zero. photo SAR

Times Square. photo SAR

UN Plaza. photo SAR

Sunday, June 25, 2006

Austria June, 2006


Walchsee, Austria, photo UFM

Walchsee, Austria, photo UFM

Walchsee, Austria, photo UFM

Sunday, June 18, 2006

Provincetown, Cape Cod June 2006


Provincetown, Cape Cod, USA photo SAR

Provincetown harbour photo SAR

Provincetown harbour photo SAR

Provincetown beach photo SAR

Sunday, June 04, 2006

Washington DC May 2006


JFK's grave, Arlington National Cemetery. photo SAR

Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC. photo SAR

White House, Washington DC. photo SAR

Capitol Dome as seen from Pennsylvania Ave. photo SAR

Boston May 2006


Boston as seen from MIT. photo SAR

MIT Cambridge. photo SAR

The Ritz Carlton, Boston. photo SAR

A view of Charles River, Boston. photo SAR

Boston skyline as seen from Cambridge photo SAR