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South-east Asia - 1985

Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, China
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Volcano, Java, Indonesia
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Phra Pathon Chedi, Thailand the tallest stupa in the world (127m); where buddhism first arrived in Thailand from India around 2000 years ago
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Hindu god Shiva statue in an ancient Hindu Temple, near Jogyakarta, Java, Indonesia. Dates from 6th or 7th century AD
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Tian'anmen Square & Tian'anmen Gate, Beijing, China the square is named after the gate, which means Gate of Heavens Pacification; it was the main entrance to the Forbidden City
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The Forbidden City, Beijing, China. This is the back gate/entrance to the Forbidden City - The Gate of Divine Might
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The Stadthuys, Malacca, Malaysia built by the Dutch in 1650 when it was a Dutch colony
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The Great Wall of China

The United Kingdom - 1989 & 1995-97

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the Roman baths, Bath, England (1989) the Romans built a bathing complex & temple here in 60-70AD
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Conwy Castle, Conwy, North Wales. (1996)
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Anne Hathaway's Cottage, William Shakespeare's wifes family home, Stratford-Upon-Avon, England (1989)
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Stonehenge, England. (1995) the stone complex was built around 2500BC
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Anne Boleyn's Gate, Hampton Court Palace, England. (1996)
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mosiac floor of Roman villa or palace, Fishbourne, England. Built 73AD (1996)
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The Royal Pavilion, Brighton, England. (1996)
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Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. (1989)

USA - 1995

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The Grand Canyon, Arizona
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Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (1995) Samual Adams gave several speeches here in December 1773 leading to Boston's Tea Party & eventually revolution in 1775
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Yosemite Valley, California, USA
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Statue of Liberty, New York, USA
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The World Trade Center Twin Towers, New York City (1995)
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The Statue of Liberty, New York City (1995)
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Niagra Falls (1995)
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giant Sequoia Trees, Yosemite Valley

New Zealand - 1999

The South Island.
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New Zealand Fur Seal, Kaikoura, New Zealand
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Old boatshed, The South Island, New Zealand
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Waterfall, Milford Sound, New Zealand
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Milford Sound, New Zealand
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A Common Dolphin rides the bow wave of the tour boat, Milford Sound, New Zealand

Russia - 2005

Moscow & St Petersburg
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St Basil's, Moscow, Russia
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Moscow River at dusk.
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The Kremlin, St Basil's, Red Square, Moscow
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The Resurrection Gate, Moscow
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The Winter Palace - Hermitage art museum, Palace Square, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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The Saviour on the Spilled Blood Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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The Blue Mosque, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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The Chesma Hall, the Grand Palace, Peterhof, Russia
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Palace Square (Dvortsovaya Ploshchad) & General Staff Building of the Russian Army, St Petersburg

Egypt - 2007

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The Step Pyramid of Djoser, 2nd Pharaoh of the 3rd Dynasty (2667-2648BC), Saqqara, Egypt. The Step Pyramid was the first royal tomb built of stone & the prototype for all other pyramids that followed.
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Temple of Hatshepsut
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The Sphinx, Giza, Egypt
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The Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
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Pyramid of Khephren, the Sphinx & the Great Pyramid, Giza, Egypt
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The Great Temple of Abu Simbel, Egypt
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The Nile, Egypt
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The Mosque of Mohammed Ali, inside the Citadel of Cairo, Egypt. The Citadel was founded by the great Muslim commander Saladin in 1176AD.
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A Coptic Christian Monk, the Monastery of Saint Bishoi, Wadi Natrun, Eygpt. The church dates from 400AD.
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The minarets & dome of the Mosque of ar-Rifai, Cairo, Egypt
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The Temple of Isis on the island of Philae in the Nile.
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The Great Hypostyle Hall of the Temple of Amun, Karnak, near Luxor (ancient Thebes), Eygpt.
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The Colossi of Memnon. Remains of 2 enthroned statues of Amenhotep III (9th Pharaoh of 18th Dynasty [1390-1352BC]), once guarded the entrance to Amenhoteps mortuary temple. Early Greeks (wrongly) associated the statues with Memnon, a king of Ethiopia & hero in the Trojan War.

France - 2006 & 2010

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Mont St Michel, France. (2006)
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Chenonceau, Loire Valley, France. (2006)
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Sacre Coeur, Paris, France (2006)
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The French Alps. 2006
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Claude Monet's Waterlilly pond & Japanese Bridge, Giverney, France. (2006)
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The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France. (2010)
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The Louvre, Paris 2010 Originally a Royal Palace begun in 1535. It was first opened as a public museum in 1793
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Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge in Paris. 2010
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Inner courtyard of Hotel des Invalides, Paris 2010 Built by Louis XIV (The Sun King) in 1670 to house his veteran soldiers, disabled fighting his battles.
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Hotel des Invalides, Paris. 2010 Napoleon's Tomb is housed in this Chapel at the back
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Notre Dame, Paris, France (2010)
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Fontainebleau Palace, Fontainebleau. 2010
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Claude Monet's House, Giverney, France. 2010
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Monet's waterlilly pond & Japanese bridge, Giverney, France. 2010
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Chinon, France.2010
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Inner courtyard of Chateau of Nemours, founded in 1120AD. France. 2010
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Moret-sur-Loing, France. 2010. The bridge & medieval fortified gate-tower date from the 11th centuary when Moret was newly incorporated into the young Kingdom of France by Philippe I to defend against neighbouring duchies of Burgundy & Champagne.
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Montresor, the Loire Valley, France. 2010 Fortress/chateau of Montresor (left) was built around 1005 by Foulques Nerra, Duke of Anjou
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Frenchmen playing boules (or petanque) in the Champ de Mars, below the Eiffel Tower, Paris. 2010
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Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Chartres. One of the greatest High Gothic cathedrals; it was the first to use flying buttresses. In pre-Roman Celtic times it was a holy site of the Druids. The Romans built a temple here and there was a Christian basilica as early as the 4th century
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Old Windmill, the Loire Valley, France. 2010
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Sainte Chapelle, Paris, France. 2010. Built in 1245-1248 by (Saint) Louis IX to house holy relics: Christ's crown of thorns & piece of the cross (amongst others).
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One of the fortified Gateways into the town of Loches, the Loire Valley. The Royal Lodge of the Fortress is in the background to the left of the gate, above the town. Charles VII (1403-1461) used Loches as one of his Royal Courts - he was the Dauphin (uncrowned heir) that Joan of Arc convinced to go to Reims to be crowned King.

Europe

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Schloss Neuschwanstein, Fussen, Bavaria, Germany. 2006.
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Charles Bridge, Prague, The Czech Republic. 2006.
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The Parthenon, Athens, Greece Completed in 438 BC. 2006.
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Changing of the Guard, The Parliament Building, Athens, Greece. 2006
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St Marks Basilica & Tower, Venice, Italy. 2006
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Castel Sant Angelo/ Hadrian's Mausoleum, by the Tiber, Rome. 1996.

South America - 2009

Ecuador, Peru & the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)
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Cotopaxi volcano, Ecuador the highest volcano in Ecuador at 5897m asl.
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Women on the Uros floating islands on Lake Titicaca, Peru.
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Machu Picchu
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Market stall, Puerto Maldonado, the Peruvian Amazon, Peru
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Man in traditional Shaman costume, Quito, Ecuador
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Saqsaywaman, an Inca Temple/fortress overlooking Cusco, the former capital of the Inca Empire, Peru.
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Machu Picchu, Peru
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Kicker Island, The Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)
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Marine Iguanas, San Cristobel Island, the Galapagos Islands
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Traditional dance, Local villagers of the Llachon Peninsula by Lake Titicaca, Peru
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Young girl with her baby lamb, Pisac markets, Peru
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Mother & baby, Llachon Peninsula, Lake Titicaca, Peru
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Lonely George, the iconic Galapagos Tortoise who was the last of his sub species of Pinta Island Galapagos tortoises. The Charles Darwin Research Station, Isabela Island, The Galapagos Islands

Cuba - 2013

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Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro, Havana - built in 1589 to protect the entrance to Havana Harbour from the north-eastern side.
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The National Capitol building, viewed from Calle Brasil, Havana, Cuba
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Catedral de San Cristobal de la Habana (b:1748) and Plaza de la Catedral, Havana
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The Malecon, Havana, Cuba. April 2013 - a broad esplanade, roadway & seawall that runs from the mouth of Havana Harbour 8km along the coast.
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One of the faces of Cuba, Havana. April 2013
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Statue of Maximo Gomez, leader of the Cuban Army against the Spanish in the 10 Year War (1868-1878) & Cuban War of Independance (1895-1898), Havana. The former Presidential Palace (now Museum of the Revolution) in the background on left.
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Hotel Nacional, Havana. Built in 1930, it gained notoriety when in 1945, US mobsters Meyer Lansky & Lucky Luciano used it to host the largest ever get together of the North American Mafia, who gathered here under the guise of a Frank Sinatra concert
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Inside the lobby of the Hotel Nacional - painting of a young Fidel Castro, Havana
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Havana, Cuba
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Ernesto "Che" Guevara; a popular image that appears all over Cuba - on a warehouse wall, Havana.
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Red Crab, the Bay of Pigs, Cuba.
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Iglesia Parroquial de la Santisima Trinidad, built in 1892, overlooks the main square, Trinidad, Cuba
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Cuban Flamingo, Trinidad, Cuba
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The Cuban Green Woodpecker, near Trinidad, Cuba
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Catedral de la Purisima Concepcion, Cienfuegos. Built in 1869.
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Trinidad, Cuba
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Cuban Emerald Hummingbird, just out of Trinidad, Cuba
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The national bird of Cuba, the Tocororo (or Cuban Trogon), just out of Trinidad, Cuba
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The Ernesto "Che" Guevara monument, mausoleum & museum, Santa Clara.
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Colourful houses of Trinidad, Cuba
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Lizard, Playa Ancon, Cuba. Photo by Rebecca Bergen.
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Playa Ancon, considered one of the Cuban south coasts best beaches, 12 km from Trinidad.
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Catedral de Nuestra Senora de la Asuncion, Santiago de Cuba.
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Playing dominos in the street, Santiago de Cuba
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San Pedro Fort (Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca del Morro), overlooks the entrance to Santiago harbour. Built from 1633 to protect the harbour from pirate attacks.
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Parque Cespedes, Santiago de Cuba. The white building on the right is where Fidel Castro announced the triumph of the Revolution on 2nd January 1959. It was originally the sight of the mayoral office of Hernan Cortes, Santiago's first mayor (who departed in 1518 to go on & conquer Mexico). To the left is Casa de Diego Velazquez, the oldest existing house in Cuba built in 1522; was the official residence of Cuba's first governor. Santiago de Cuba
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Faces of Cuba, Santiago
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Taxi, Baracoa, Cuba. Baracoa was the first Spanish settlement in Cuba, founded in 1511.
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Changing of the guard at the Jose Marti mausoleum, Cementerio Santa Ifigenia, Santiago de Cuba.
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Cementerio Santa Ifigenia, on the outskirts of Santiago de Cuba. An angel distraught & overcome with grief; with the Jose Marti mausoleum in the background.
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The flat-top mountain El Yunque (the Anvil) overlooks Baracoa. Christopher Columbus noted this mountain as a reference point when exploring in 1492.
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Forest track from the climb down from El Yunque, near Baracoa
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The beach at Maria la Gorda, in the Parque Nacional Peninsula de Guanahacabibes (a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve) on the western end of Cuba
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Huge Iguana, Maria la Gorda
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Turkey Vulture, by a river near Baracoa
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Vinales Valley, the thatched buildings are traditional tobacco drying sheds
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male lizard displays his colourful throat pouch to attract a mate, Vinales Valley.
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Cuban Emerald Hummingbird, Maria la Gorda
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Vinales Valley, Cuba
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Just before sunrise, at a dam in the Vinales Valley, Cuba
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An Elegant Tern in the early morning sun. Maria la Gorda
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Sunset over the Caribbean from the beach at Maria la Gorda, Cuba
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