The Blue Mosque at Istanbul, 1974 |
Street market in Beyazit, Istanbul |
Valens Aqueduct, Istanbul |
14th-century Great Mosque of Bursa, first capital of the Ottoman Empire |
Ancient city of Ephesus on the Aegean coast of Turkey |
Seljuk citadel at Alanya on the southern coast of Turkey |
Early Christian frescoes in a cave church, Cappadocia |
Christian chapels and cells carved from soft volcanic rock at Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkiye |
Rock pinnacles near Zelve, Cappadocia, Turkiye, in 1974 |
On the road through eastern Turkey, bound for Iran |
Back lanes of Isfahan, Iran |
Mural inside the 17th century Ali Qapu Palace, Isfahan, Iran |
Bas-reliefs at Persepolis, Iran |
Bas-relief of a lion attacking a bull at the Achaemenid Persian capital of Persepolis |
Bas-relief of bearers bringing tribute to the emperor Darius at the Persian capital of Persepolis |
Streets of Herat, Afghanistan |
Bakery in Herat, Afghanistan: how much has survived? |
The Citadel, Herat, Afghanistan |
The Great Mosque, Herat, Afghanistan |
The Great Mosque at Herat, Afghanistan |
Ancient towers outside Herat, Afghanistan |
Chaikana or tea shop, Kandahar, Afghanistan |
Bamiyan, Afghanistan, 1974 |
View from the ear of the giant Buddha, Bamiyan, Afghanistan, 1974 |
Bamiyan Valley, Afghanistan |
Band i Amir mineral lakes, Afghanistan |
Band i Amir mineral lakes, Afghanistan |
Kabul, the Afghan capital. The two-storey 1920s mosque is still a landmark today. |
Formidable dentist in Peshawar, Pakistan |
Pomegranate juice vendor, Peshawar, Pakistan |
Audience Hall, Lahore Fort, Pakistan |
Badshahi Mosque, Lahore, Pakistan |
Golden Temple of the Sikhs, Amritsar, India |
Bus station at Mandi, gateway to the Kulu Valley in northern India |
On the road: tea shop at Qazigund in the Vale of Kashmir |
One landmark that remains the same... and equally stunning |
Hindu temple sculptures of Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India |
The Ghats on the Ganges, Varanasi, India |
Women bathing in the Bagmati at Pashupatinath, Kathmandu - 1974 |
Swayambunath Stupa, Kathmandu |
'Freak Street' (more properly, Jhochhen Tole) in Kathmandu, 2019 |
Bhaktapur in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal in 1974 |
Bhaktapur in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal in 1974 |
Peacock window, Bhaktapur, Kathmandu Valley |
Dhulikhel, Nepal in 1974 |
Nagarkot, Nepal: Himalayan vistas |
Machhapuchhre (Machapuchare or Fish Tail) from the Mardi Khola Valley, Nepal |
Gurung villlagers at Ghandruk on the Annapurna Trail, Nepal |
Shwe Dagon, the emblematic pagoda of Rangoon (Yangon) |
The bus from Pagan to Thazi, Burma - little has changed! |
Pagan, Burma (Myanmar) in 1974 |
Pagan, Burma (Myanmar) in 1974 |
Local transport, Kyaukpadaung, central Burma |
Buddhist monks at Lamphun, northern Thailand |
Village of the hilltribe Muser people, N. Thailand |
Early morning in a Lisu tribal minority village, northern Thailand, 1974 |
Fertility shrine or spirit gate at an Akha hamlet, northern Thailand |
Akha tribal people in the hills north of Chiang Mai, Thailand |
Akha tribal people in the hills north of Chiang Mai, Thailand |
Akha tribal people, Thailand |
Akha people entertain their visitors, northern Thailand |
Royal Palace on the Mekong at Luang Prabang, Laos |
View of Luang Prabang, then royal capital of Laos, 1974 |
Wat May, Luang Prabang, Laos, with a Royalist soldier on guard |
Vientiane: Phra That Luang, the national shrine |
Khmer temple at Phimai, Northeast Thailand |
Golden Buddha at Wat Traimitr in Chinatown, Bangkok, Thailand |