Plaza de Espana, Melilla

Fountain at Plaza de Espana in Melilla. Melilla is an autonomous city of Spain and an exclave on the north coast of Morocco located in mainland of Africa.

Park in Melilla

Park in Melilla next to Plaza de Espana.

Beiling park in Shenyang

People in front of the entrance to Beiling park in Shenyang. The park has an area of 3,3 milion square meters.

View deck at Victoria Peak in Hong Kong

Tourists enjoy Hong Kong view from Victoria Peak.

Choi Heong Yuen Bakery Macau

When in Macau try Almond cakes, Egg rolls, Phoenix rolls or many other famous pastries. Almost every bakery offers free samples in front of their store. Choi Heong Yuen Bakery Macau is the most famous and it was established in 1935.

Bratislava castle

Bratislava castle is the most famous and most visible landmark in Bratislava. Traditional white facade replaced the brown one during reconstruction in 2011 and it was based on research and paintings from Baroque era.

Chinese dumplings baozi 包子

Woman in Beijing cooks Chinese dumplings called baozi 包子. It is prepared on steam where bread like buns are filled with meat or vegetable.

Geely employees

Employees of Chinese automaker Geely (owner of Volvo) at Chinese Brand Auto Expo 2011 in Beijing.

Matryoshka dolls

Matroyshka doll is a traditional Russian souvenir made of wood. Set of dolls of decreasing size are put one inside the other.

Tourists visiting The Great Wall

Lantern festival in Beijing

The Lantern Festival ends Chinese New Year celebrations. It is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar year in the Chinese calendar. These soldiers on the photo above stand at the Qianmen street.

Chinese man eating noodles in front of his house

Big Buddha in Hong Kong

View from Shanghai World Financial Center

Shanghai World Financial Center built in 2008 is the tallest building in China untill the completion of Shanghai Tower in 2014. It has the highest observation deck in the world located at 100th floor in the height of 474 m.

Great Wall watchtower

Signal towers were built upon hill tops or other high points along the wall for their visibility. Watchtowers were built for communication purposes between the army units along the length of the Great Wall. There are more than 10,000 watchtowers and beacon towers on the Great Wall.

Steep Staircase at the Great Wall

Chinese Basketball Association all stars game in Beijing

Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg

Beijing view from Beihai park hill - White Pagoda

The layout of Beihai park is based on an ancient Chinese legend. According to the legend, there were supposed to be three islands where the gods lived. One of them was called Penglai Island where a kind of herbal medicine grew. This medicine was supposed to prolong life. The first emperor of the Qin Dynasty wanted to live forever so he sent people to the islands to look for the longevity medicine, but they failed. Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty also wanted to live an eternal life. He ordered that a big pool be dug at the back of his palace, complete with three artificial hills to represent Penglai and the other islands. So these legendary hills were built in the eastern capital of Luoyang during the Sui Dynasty and also in the Tang Dynasty capital of Chang’an. Beihai Park was built after this traditional style.

The northwest corner of the Forbidden City, Beijing, China

The northwest corner of the Forbidden City, Beijing, China. The Forbidden City is surrounded by a 7.9 metres high city wall and a 6 metres deep by 52 metres wide moat (this photo shows frozen moat in winter). According to one legend, artisans could not put a corner tower back together after it was dismantled for renovations in the early Qing Dynasty, and it was only rebuilt after the intervention of carpenter-immortal Lu Ban.

Red Square Moscow

Chinese construction worker posing in Beijing

Xihai lake in Beijing

This area of Beijing contains some of the most extensive old hutong neighborhoods and the three lakes of Xihai, Houhai and Oianhai.

Beijing food street

Centipedes, sharks, scorpions, crickets are all served as delicious food at the night fair on Donghuamen food street.

Qianmen street

Located at the center of Beijing near Tiananmen Square, Qianmen Street, has been a prosperous area for more than 600 years. Many well-known Chinese stores started their operations there.

Shanghai World Financial Center

The tallest skyscraper in Shanghai is the Shanghai World Financial Center. It is 492 m tall with 101 floors and it is currently the tallest building in the People’s Republic of China and the third-tallest in the world. The tallest building under construction is the Shanghai Tower, which will have a height of 632 m and become the tallest building in China when completed.

Great Wall of China

Inside of GUM department store in Moscow

Inside of Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing

Great Wall of China

Ruins of Saint Paul's Cathedral in Macau

Entrance into Forbidden city

Russian throne in Winter palace in Sankt Petersburg

Street food vendor in Beijing

Red Square in Moscow

Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow

The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour on the northern bank of Moscow river. Dynamited in 1931, rebuilt in 2000.

Cathedral of Saint Basil the Blessed on the Red Square

Tretyakov gallery in Moscow

Spasskaya tower at night

Souvenirs at Ladies market Hong Kong | 在女人街香港纪念品

GUM department store in Moscow

Caricino park in Moscow

Turtle born in Cape Verde

A Symphony of Lights show | 幻彩咏香江显示

Ostankino tower in Moscow

A Fata Morgana of Cape Verde

Shanghai skyline

Sal island in Cape Verde

Star Ferry at Victoria Harbour | 在维多利亚港的天星小轮

Empty Hong Kong road | 清空香港的道路

Tung Chung Bay | 东涌湾

Cape Verde beach

Salt mines at Sal Cape Verde

Hong Kong from the sky | 香港从天空

Big Buddha Hong Kong | 香港天坛大佛

View from Victoria Peak | 鉴于太平山

Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre | 香港会议展览中心

Hong Kong skyline at night | 香港天际线在夜晚

Black stone beach at Cape Verde

Swimming in salt lake at Cape Verde

Riu Karamboa at Boa Vista Cape Verde

Local people at Cape Verde

Landing at Hong Kong airport | 降落在香港国际机场

Hong Kong International Airport has won eight Skytrax World Airport Awards for customer satisfaction in eleven years. HKIA won the Skytrax World Airport of the Year 2011. HKIA emploeys 60 thousand people. 90 airlines operate flights from the airport to over 150 cities across the globe.

Stanley beach Hong Kong | 香港赤柱滩

Stanley Main Beach lies on the eastern side of the peninsula and it is about five minutes’ walk from the Stanley Markets. It is a popular beach for wind-surfing, and hosts annual dragon boat races in June. Facilities include a café, changing rooms and showers, shark nets, public toilets and a barbeque area.

Hong Kong skyscrapers | 香港摩天大楼

Hong Kong has 112 buildings that are taller than 180 metres. The tallest building in Hong Kong is International Commerce Centre (on left). It was completed in 2010 and rises 484 metres. The second-tallest building in Hong Kong is the 88-story Two International Finance Centre, rising at 416 metres.

Hong Kong ranks first in the world in both skyscraper and high-rise count, with at least 52 completed skyscrapers over height of 200 m, 272 skyscrapers over 150 m, as well as more than 7,687 highrise buildings.