August 13, China, Guilin

Photographer and assistant take marriage pictures from a couple in the cherished Guilin park

August 10, China, Liuzhou

night guard
University students learning latin american dancing

August 9, China, Liuzhou

elderly people playing badminton and practising Tai-Chi at the entrance of a cave

August 6, China, Sanjyang

Dong minority village near Sanjyang
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August 3, China, Rongcheng

Dong minority village near Rongcheng ; The Dong are one of the 56 recognised minority nationalities in China
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August 1, China, Kaili

It is quite common in China for people to go to the city parks and practice Tai-chi, do some aerobics or go with a party doing some classical dance
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July 28, China, Guiyang

A rare view and most contrary to the mobile phones one sees everywhere around, a man makes an evening call from a phone at a street foodstall

July 26, China, Chongqing

Chongqing is one of the fastest growing cities of China's inlands ; from every angle in the city one sees rows of towering concrete buildings - all works in a noisy progress ; Chongqing is at the Yangze river whose level has been rising over the past few years due to the three gorges dam ; as the city's former bridge is underwater a new one is being build now
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July 21, China, Chengdu

Impressions of Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province
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July 14, China, Xi'ning

Impressions of Xi'ning, capital of China's Qinghai province
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July 11, Tibet, Lhasa to Golmud

One of the first rides of the newly opened controversial Qinghai-Tibet railway line. Supporters say it will bring Tibet more prosperity as it is better connected to mainland China now ; critics claim Tibet's culture will be ruined at an even faster pace and more Chinese immigrants will move to Tibet where Tibetans already form a minority in their own country.
The railway is the highest in the world reaching altitudes above 5000 metres so oxygen masks are provided in the cabins. The huge project has been finished in an amazingly short period of time. Shortly after the opening there were reports of damage on the line mainly due to the inability of the permanently frozen soil to support the weight
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July 10, Tibet, Lhasa

The Potala palace has become a major Chinese tourist attraction
toursits pay-feeding pigeons
tourists dressed up in traditional clothes







Chinese woman in her sports car in front of a shopping mall
two girls from China's mainland looking for a cd

July 9, Tibet, Lhasa

The Jokhang temple is along with the Potala palace considered as the most sacred by Tibetans
Chinese tourists pose for a picture
Woman with prayer wheel at Jokhang
Chinese police patrolling

July 9, Tibet, Ganden

Monks at Ganden monastery. Ganden was among the worst affected monasteries during the Chinese invasion of Tibet because the resistance here was very strong (ENLARGE IMAGE)

July 7, Tibet, Namtso lake

Chinese tourists at namtso lake, the world's highest lake (ENLARGE IMAGE)

July 3, Tibet, near Lhasa

Monks debating at Sera monastery (ENLARGE IMAGE)

July 2, Tibet, Lhasa

Man sitting in a tea house showing his devotion for the Dalai Lama
Having a picture of the Dalai Lama is still strictly forbidden in Tibet as he is considered a revolutionary and separatist by the Chinese authority



foodstall in Lhasa's old town

June 29, Tibet, Shigatse

Monks at Tashilhunpo monastery, seat of the panchen lama's (yellow hats), moving a buddha statue to another shrine
Boys playing pool

June 26, Nepal, kathmandu

Restoration work at the boudhanath stupa
butcher in the outskirts of Kathmandu

June 10, India, Kashmir, near Kargil

Officers having lunch at a restaurant
soldiers looking for landmines in the border area with Pakistan

June 8, India, Ladakh

The roadbuilders of ladakh are "the highest roadbuilders on earth", mentioned on many roadsigns

June 7, India, Ladakh, Alchi

Children descending a rock near their school where they took their lunch

June 4, India, Ladakh, Leh region

A young lama sitting in the monastery of Hemis



Two soldiers patrolling in the town of Karu in the heavily militarised border area between India, China and Pakistan




An officer turning the prayer wheel at the monastery of Spituk



Two soldiers having done their prayers in a Tibetan shrine situated on a rock at the monastery of Spituk

June 3, India, Ladakh, Leh

A cab driver is waiting for his passengers to return from their evening stroll on the outskirts of Leh



Two men enjoy the valley view over Leh at sunset

June 1, India, Ladakh, near Tikse

A boy sitting near a roadsign along the road from Leh

June 1, India, Ladakh, near Tikse

A family carrying goods along the road from Leh

June 1, India, Ladakh, Rumtse

Streetscene

May 31, India, Ladakh, near Pang

Ajjit is 18 years old and one of the many uneducated poor who are cleaning the dusty and broken mountain roads with a broom

May 31, India, Ladakh, near Baralacha-la peak

Second generation of Tibetan refugees set up their yearly camp to shelter travellers on the Manali to Leh road that opens only a few months per year due to snow. Mother and son are stitching one of the tents. With this they provide their income for the whole year.

May 30. India, Himachal, Keylang

A passer-by gets high on the flute of a wandering musician

May 29, India, Himachal, near Sissu

Dusty mountain road turned into a whirling river of melted snow

May 29, India, Himachal, Rothang

Traffic blocked due to snow removal

May 26, India, Himachal, Jalori La pass

LC Bisht, a government associate, has an animated conversation with friends on their way to a tourist spot

May 26, India, Himachal, Jalori La pass

Two men smoking a beedi-cigarette

May 25, India, Himachal

Man and woman ploughing a field by cow

May 24, India, Uttaranchal

boys hanging around in the valley

May 23, India, Uttaranchal, near Mussoorie

a cowherd strolls along a mountain path

May 21, India, Uttaranchal, Rishikesh

A boy watches a Bollywood movie on television

May 5 / India, Uttaranchal, near Joshimath

Workers removing rocks after a slide

May 4 / India, Uttaranchal, Badrinath

A sadhu sitting in a cave shrine to give blessings to pilgrims

May 4 / India, Uttaranchal, Badrinath

Pilgrims queing in front of the the sri badrinath temple at the holy place of Badrinath, high in the Himalaya’s

May 3 / India, Uttaranchal, Badrinath

Four sadhu’s, wandering hindu monks, making their way to the sacred Himalayan pilgrim place of Badrinath at an altitude of 3300m

May 2 / India, Uttaranchal, Chamboly

A woman waiting at a jeweller’s shop

May 1 / India, Uttaranchal, Nainital

A family enjoying their holiday on Nainital’s lake, a summer hotspot for Indian tourists

April 30 / India, Uttar Pradesh, near Bareilly

Staff of a newly opened chain of roadside restaurants

April 30 / India, Uttar Pradesh, near kannauj

Two men having lunch in a basic roadside restaurant

April 27 / India, Madhya Pradesh, Khajuraho

JT, the ever laughing guard at Khajuraho’s erotic temple compex

April 26 / India, Madhya Pradesh, Khajuraho

Buffalos grazing in front of one of Khajuraho’s famous erotic temples

April 21 / India, Madhya Pradesh, Ujjain

A man is bathing along the Shipra river in the for hindu's holy city of Ujjain

April 21 / India, Madhya Pradesh, Ujjain

Streetscene Ujjain

April 20 / India, Madhya Pradesh, Mandu

Two girls having some fun at an archeological restoration site

April 20 / India, Madhya Pradesh, Mandu

An Afghan ruler made of Mandu his own independent kingdom some 600 years ago. Buildings of that era are scattered all around the plateau and today’s daily living is evolving around them

April 18 / India, Madhya Pradesh, Mandu

Women at an archeological restoration site being commanded to work harder

April 16 / India, Maharashtra, Navapur

A boy in a roadside restaurant at lunchtime makes the roti's which accompany the vegetable curry's

April 16 / India, Maharashtra, Nandurbar

A woman is begging for rupees at a petrol pump

April 14 / india - Gujarat - Nargol

A man stitches a fishing net near the Arabian sea

April 14 / india - Gujarat - Nargol

A family of Mumbai Pharis spend the weekend at a guesthouse in the tiny village of Nargol

April 9 / India - Mumbai

two friends strolling along the rocky beach near Haji Ali’s tomb

April 8 / India – Mumbai

commuters at Bhandra train station