A buddhist stupa Dingboche in the Everest area, Nepal.
A 2000 year old Buddhist cave temple at Ajanta, India.
The stunning dome of the Sint Peter cathedral in Rome.
The Ramanathaswarmy, a superb Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India.
The Kungri gompa belongs to the Nyingmapa sect of Buddhism.
Pin Valley, Himashal Pradesh, India.
Sunset at the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine of the Sikh religion. Amritsar, India.
The interior of an orthodox church in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
The Ulu Cami mosque in Diyarbakir, Turkey, is build in 1091 and still in daily use.
The Masjed-é-Emam mosque in Esfahan (Isfahan), Iran.
At the Gurdwaras accomodation is free for Sikh pilgrims and others.
Western tourists are expected to give a donation, of course.
except nr 7 and 8, which are shot with an Olympus C5050 digital camera.
The Zuiko lenses used are the wide angles 24 mm F2.8 and 35 mm F2, and the fisheye 16 mm F3.5.