Portofino, April 2007

Portofino is a small Italian fishing village and tourist resort located in the province of Genoa on the Italian Riviera. The town crowded round its small harbour is considered to be among the most beautiful Mediterranean ports.


Portofino, Photo UFM

Portofino, Photo UFM

Portofino, Photo UFM

Portofino, Photo UFM

Portofino, Photo AA

Monaco, April 2007

Monaco is a constitutional monarchy and city-state in Europe located along the French Riviera between the Mediterranean Sea and France. It is the world's most densely populated country and second-smallest independent nation; with a population of just 32,410 and an area of 2.2 square kilometers. Monaco also boasts more millionaires per capita than any other country.

Monaco, Photo UFM

Port de Fontvieille, Monaco, Photo UFM

Port de Fontvieille, Monaco, Photo UFM

Oceanographic Museum Monaco, Photo UFM

Monaco Port, Photo UFM

Monaco Port, Photo UFM

Monaco, Photo UFM

New Delhi April 2007

A view of Diwan e Aam at Red Fort Photo SAR

Khas Mahal Red Fort Photo SAR

Connaught Place Photo SAR

Lotus Temple Photo SAR

Allai Minar Photo SAR

Sultan Iltutmish's Tomb Photo SAR

A close up of Qutb Minar Photo SAR

Grave of Sultan Iltutmish Photo SAR

An ancient steel column near Qutb Minar Photo SAR

India Gate Photo SAR

Allai Darwaza Photo SAR

Qutb Minar Photo SAR

Islamabad March 2007

Faisal Mosque from Damen-e-Koh Photo SAR

Rawal lake at sunset Photo SAR

A wheat field near Pir Sohawa Photo SAR

Constitution Avenue Photo SAR

Katasraj--Salt Range Feb 2007

A view of the temple complex Photo SAR

The fort at Katas Raj Photo SAR

The holy pond Katasraj Photo SAR

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

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

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