<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://www.twip.org/rss/twiprss-random.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><title>The World in Photos</title><link>http://www.twip.org</link><description>Visit the world through pictures</description><copyright>Copyright TWIP 2004</copyright><language>en</language><image>	<title>The World in Photos</title>	<url>http://www.twip.org/design/logo-60-60.gif</url>	<link>http://www.twip.org</link></image><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:59:19 +0100</pubDate><item><title><![CDATA[Upper Gardens]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-asia-russia-saint-petersburg-peterhof-upper-gardens-en-9720-3199.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-asia-russia-saint-petersburg-peterhof-upper-gardens-en-9720-3199.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Upper Gardens of Peterhof (Петергоф), series of palaces and gardens, laid out on the orders of Peter the Great, and sometimes called the Russian Versailles, near Saint Petersburg, Russia]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/asia/russia/photo-9720-04-03-07-10-39-21-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bungle Bungle Range]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-oceania-australia-purnululu-national-park-bungle-bungle-range-en-6706-10005.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-oceania-australia-purnululu-national-park-bungle-bungle-range-en-6706-10005.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Purnululu National Park (fr. Parc national de Purnululu) with the Bungle Bungle Range landform. A 7 km diameter circular topographic feature is clearly visible on satellite images of the Bungle Bungle Range and is believed that this feature is the eroded remnant of a very ancient meteorite impact crater and is known as the Piccaninny impact structure.]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/oceania/australia/photo-208-08-06-08-11-17-24-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mouli]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-oceania-new-caledonia-ouvea-mouli-en-9084-3084.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-oceania-new-caledonia-ouvea-mouli-en-9084-3084.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Plage de Mouli - le lagon, Ouvéa, archipel des îles Loyauté, nord-est de la Grande-Terre de la Nouvelle-Calédonie]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/oceania/new-caledonia/photo-9084-18-02-07-10-20-02-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prehistoric monument]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-united-kingdom-avebury-stonehenge-prehistoric-monument-en-12622-5222.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-united-kingdom-avebury-stonehenge-prehistoric-monument-en-12622-5222.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Stonehenge prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. Stonehenge is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/europe/united-kingdom/photo-12622-31-08-07-13-33-47-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cetatuia Monastery]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-romania-iasi-cetatuia-monastery-cetatuia-monastery-en-12876-5827.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-romania-iasi-cetatuia-monastery-cetatuia-monastery-en-12876-5827.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The founder of the Cetatuia Monastery was Prince Gheorghe Duca. The construction works started in 1669 and were completed in 1672. The church was surrounded since the beginning by tall stone walls, with ramparts and a sentinel's path, entrance and corner towers. A special place is the palace destined to the lodging of the prince, a fortified building characteristic to the XVIIth century and the kitchen or, according to other opinions, the Turkish bath which is the only construction of this kind that has been preserved within a monastic ensemble. The bell tower and the massiveness of the walls prove that the monastery was also conceived as a military guarded refuge, being a real 'cetatuie' ('citadel') in case of need.]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/europe/romania/photo-12876-10-10-07-17-59-31-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bac Ho statue]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-southeast-asia-vietnam-ho-chi-minh-city-city-hall-bac-ho-statue-en-9017-2359.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-southeast-asia-vietnam-ho-chi-minh-city-city-hall-bac-ho-statue-en-9017-2359.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Bac Ho statue and City Hall, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/southeast-asia/vietnam/photo-9017-10-12-06-04-18-04-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Islands]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-south-america-bolivia-lake-titicaca-islands-en-6350-2832.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-south-america-bolivia-lake-titicaca-islands-en-6350-2832.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Lake Titicaca drained by the Desaguadero River, which flows south through Bolivia to Lake Poopó]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/south-america/bolivia/photo-6350-06-02-07-22-09-35-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Longest bridge]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-portugal-lisbon-vasco-da-gama-bridge-longest-bridge-en-6273-3120.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-portugal-lisbon-vasco-da-gama-bridge-longest-bridge-en-6273-3120.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Vasco da Gama Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte Vasco da Gama) is a cable-stayed bridge flanked by viaducts and roads that spans the Tagus River near Lisbon, capital of Portugal. It is the longest bridge in Europe, with a total length of 17.2 km (10.7 mi), including 0.829 km (0.5 mi) for the main bridge, 11.5 km (7.1 mi) in viaducts, and 4.8 km (3.0 mi) in extension roads. Its purpose is to alleviate the congestion on Lisbon's other bridge (25 de Abril Bridge), and to join previously unconnected motorways radiating from Lisbon]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/europe/portugal/photo-175-25-02-07-07-04-34-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creek Street]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-north-america-united-states-of-america-ketchikan-creek-street-creek-street-en-6664-2107.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-north-america-united-states-of-america-ketchikan-creek-street-creek-street-en-6664-2107.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Creek Street in Ketchikan, Alaska]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/north-america/united-states-of-america/photo-6664-02-11-06-22-18-30-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Street life]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-africa-tunisia-sousse-downtown-street-life-en-2205-8397.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-africa-tunisia-sousse-downtown-street-life-en-2205-8397.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Street life downtown Sousse (سوسة), Tunisia (تونس).]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/africa/tunisia/photo-2205-02-03-08-21-56-40-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Matmata]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-africa-tunisia-matmata-view-matmata-en-13713-7836.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-africa-tunisia-matmata-view-matmata-en-13713-7836.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA['Welcome' in Matmâta or Matmata (مطماطة) village in southern Tunisia, location of the Lars Homestead, home to Luke Skywalker, his Aunt Beru Lars and Uncle Owen Lars for the Star Wars movies]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/africa/tunisia/photo-13713-31-01-08-10-13-08-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Festung Konigstein]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-germany-dresden-konigstein-fortress-festung-konigstein-en-9871-9401.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-germany-dresden-konigstein-fortress-festung-konigstein-en-9871-9401.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Königstein Fortress (German: Festung Königstein) near Dresden, in Saxon Switzerland, Germany]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/europe/germany/photo-9871-12-04-08-05-58-46-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bassin de Saturne]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-france-versailles-chateau-de-versailles-bassin-de-saturne-en-5144-1223.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-france-versailles-chateau-de-versailles-bassin-de-saturne-en-5144-1223.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Le Bassin de Saturne du château de Versailles]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/europe/france/photo-5144-02-06-06-14-39-25-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eagle Square]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-southeast-asia-malaysia-langkawi-eagle-square-en-11400-3957.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-southeast-asia-malaysia-langkawi-eagle-square-en-11400-3957.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Huge eagle monument in Eagle Square, Kuah, capital of Langkawi, Kedah, Malaysia]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/southeast-asia/malaysia/photo-11400-24-04-07-07-18-30-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[View]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-asia-sri-lanka-pinnawela-elephant-orphanage-view-en-13385-6836.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-asia-sri-lanka-pinnawela-elephant-orphanage-view-en-13385-6836.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Mothers with children in Pinnawela elephants orphanage, Sri Lanka]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/asia/sri-lanka/photo-13385-27-12-07-21-38-16-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facade]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-north-america-united-states-of-america-sitka-cathedral-of-saint-michael-facade-en-7348-2126.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-north-america-united-states-of-america-sitka-cathedral-of-saint-michael-facade-en-7348-2126.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Facade of the Cathedral of Saint Michael, Sitka, U.S. state of Alaska]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/north-america/united-states-of-america/photo-7348-05-11-06-09-02-00-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Budapest view]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-hungary-budapest-panorama-budapest-view-en-5954-968.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-hungary-budapest-panorama-budapest-view-en-5954-968.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 May 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Budapest view, Hungary]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/europe/hungary/photo-5954-10-05-06-14-49-39-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Belltower]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-france-saint-paul-de-vence-church-belltower-en-13972-8812.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-france-saint-paul-de-vence-church-belltower-en-13972-8812.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Clocher de l'église de Saint-Paul de Vence (XIIe siècle-XIIIe siècle), Saint-Paul de Vence, France]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/europe/france/photo-13690-15-03-08-22-20-38-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Port of Nuweiba]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-africa-egypt-nuweiba-harbor-port-of-nuweiba-en-14054-9060.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-africa-egypt-nuweiba-harbor-port-of-nuweiba-en-14054-9060.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The port of Nuweiba (Arabic: نويبع ) on the coast of the Gulf of Aqaba (خليج العقبة), Sinai Peninsula (سيناء), Egypt (مصر)]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/africa/egypt/photo-14054-20-03-08-17-05-00-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[St Tropez harbor]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-france-saint-tropez-harbor-st-tropez-harbor-en-5755-716.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-france-saint-tropez-harbor-st-tropez-harbor-en-5755-716.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[St Tropez harbor, France]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/europe/france/photo-5755-27-04-06-11-57-42-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paris]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-france-paris-panorama-paris-en-6170-10446.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-france-paris-panorama-paris-en-6170-10446.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[View de Paris la nuit, depuis la Tour Eiffel, avec La Seine et l'Ile de la Cité - Paris, France]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/europe/france/photo-6170-02-07-08-12-03-25-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statue]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-spain-seville-curro-romero-statue-en-6508-1871.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-spain-seville-curro-romero-statue-en-6508-1871.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Monumento de Sevilla a Curro Romero junto a la Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballería]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/europe/spain/photo-6508-13-10-06-01-35-02-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lake Titisee]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-germany-schwarzwald-titisee-lake-titisee-en-6097-1183.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-germany-schwarzwald-titisee-lake-titisee-en-6097-1183.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Picture of Lake Titisee - largest natural lake in Black Forest]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/europe/germany/photo-6097-29-05-06-12-56-38-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praetorian Palace]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-slovenia-koper-praetorian-palace-praetorian-palace-en-12350-6658.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-slovenia-koper-praetorian-palace-praetorian-palace-en-12350-6658.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[15th-century Praetorian Palace in Venetian Gothic style, Koper, Slovenia]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/europe/slovenia/photo-12350-01-12-07-05-14-45-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Le Chatelard (Valais)]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-switzerland-le-chatelard-view-le-chatelard-valais-en-5185-230.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-switzerland-le-chatelard-view-le-chatelard-valais-en-5185-230.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[C.A.W.]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/europe/switzerland/photo-4231-26-02-06-10-59-40-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Main road in Muslim quater]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-asia-china-xian-muslim-quarter-main-road-in-muslim-quater-en-5529-691.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-asia-china-xian-muslim-quarter-main-road-in-muslim-quater-en-5529-691.html</guid><pubDate>Sat, 22 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Main road in Muslim quater in Xian]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/asia/china/photo-5529-22-04-06-15-26-56-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ruins]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-poland-czorsztyn-castle-ruins-en-13877-8628.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-poland-czorsztyn-castle-ruins-en-13877-8628.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Ruins of Czorsztyn Castle in Czorsztyn, build in XIVc., destroyed by fire in 1795.]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/europe/poland/photo-13877-10-03-08-04-55-37-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neptune Plage]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-france-nice-beach-neptune-plage-en-13004-6169.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-europe-france-nice-beach-neptune-plage-en-13004-6169.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Le Neptune Plage (plage privée), Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côtes d'Azur]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/europe/france/photo-13004-04-11-07-10-46-49-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cab in the street near the Sousse Medina]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-africa-tunisia-sousse-downtown-cab-in-the-street-near-the-sousse-medina-en-2205-8395.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-africa-tunisia-sousse-downtown-cab-in-the-street-near-the-sousse-medina-en-2205-8395.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Cab in the street near the Sousse Medina, Sousse, Tunisia.]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/africa/tunisia/photo-2205-02-03-08-21-55-07-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yanzhao Nandajie road]]></title><link>http://www.twip.org/image-asia-china-zhengding-streets-yanzhao-nandajie-road-en-9950-3394.html</link><guid>http://www.twip.org/image-asia-china-zhengding-streets-yanzhao-nandajie-road-en-9950-3394.html</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Yanzhao Nandajie road, Zhengding near Shijiazhuang, China]]></description><image><url>http://www.twip.org/photo/asia/china/photo-9950-11-03-07-06-06-13-small.jpg</url><title /><type>jpg</type></image></item></channel></rss>