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 Caucasus Mountains, Georgia Choose a region from the list on the left, or click on the map... ...or take a look at a photo essay: |
Welcome
to Peter's Photo Gallery, and some new pics
from my trip to the Axis
of Not-quite-so-evil-after-all (otherwise known as Iran)
and the South
Caucasus (the ex-Soviet Republics of Georgia, Armenia
and Azerbaijan), plus a few new shots from Ukraine. Next:
Turkey. Keep an eye on the full list of what's new.
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 Hawke's Bay people and places In 2001 I moved to Hawke's Bay, a region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, known for its sunny climate, art deco architecture, good wine, thriving Maori culture and the world's longest place name... |
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Glorious Defeat The rise of the East Coast rugby team was one of the most inspiring stories in recent New Zealand provincial sport. Made up largely of Maori from the Ngati Porou tribe, they may have lost the second division final, but they won something more important - a province's pride. No thumbnails - 20 images of about 10kB each, so it can a while to load... |
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Booths of the World Unite UPDATEDTake a fascinating tour of the public telephones of our planet... Just kidding! But here's a few phone booths anyway. No thumbnails - mostly small (about 10kB) images. |
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 Far
From Home: The
Czechs of Romania's Banat MountainsIn the 1820s, lured by promises of land and freedom from military service, a few thousand Czechs emigrated to what were then the borderlands of the Austrian empire. There they remained, isolated from the outside world until the 1990s, their lifestyle and language barely changed since the 19th century. A journey back in time, to a way of life that is now quickly disappearing... |
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Beauty, Strong Spirit The New York Times raves about the place, it has the best pies in New Zealand, you can go fishing next to the main street, and it's a short drive from some of the North Island's best beaches - so why are some people so down on Wairoa? |
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 Life of BrianAn interview with Brian Parkinson, a leading authority on New Zealand’s flora and fauna. A prolific author, former television reporter, uranium prospector and English teacher to Bangkok prostitutes... |
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 A New BeginningBetween July and November 1999, 410 Kosovar refugees arrived in New Zealand, ending a traumatic and often dangerous flight from their war-torn homeland. Today they are settling in to a new way of life, looking for work and improving their English, and their children are succeeding at school. But the future of the Kiwi Kosovars is in doubt... |
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 Last
Bus to Shqiperia
Two weeks amid the post-communist shambles and spectacular scenery of Albania. Disappearing manhole covers, terrifying bus rides, black marketers and enormous generosity... |
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Map of the Heart Two decades ago, an eccentric, enigmatic man died alone in a silver-painted house in Wairoa, leaving little more than a series of bizarre drawings and paintings... |
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Check out my other site,  ,
a guide to the Czech Republic.
Thanks to... Peter
Dunkerley Image Centre, Hastings; Iva, Denisa and Krystof at DECROS; Martina Foote, everyone at Anglo-Czech
High School, Michal Tuma and Dana Vitaskova of Foto MIDA, Czech
Radio (Ceske Budejovice), Evrah, Andy and
Lex. |
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The
Axis of Not-quite-so-evil-after-all
The
Land Where Hope was Lost