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You will be diverted to www.flickr.com/photos/merkur where you can see all of my published pictures.Merkur*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14907164602721123652noreply@blogger.comBlogger211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417126720530661395.post-78300821819007762502008-12-21T05:10:00.000+05:302008-12-21T05:10:39.355+05:30<a href='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-tWLbA9kvSM/SU2CdYIwiCI/AAAAAAAABZ8/IGL_qifunwk/s1600-h/Sht%C3%ABpia+2008+033.jpg'><img src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-tWLbA9kvSM/SU2CdYIwiCI/AAAAAAAABZ8/IGL_qifunwk/s320/Sht%C3%ABpia+2008+033.jpg' border='0' alt=''style='clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;' /></a>&nbsp;<div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-3762019197952103"; 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text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-3762019197952103"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-01-24: http://nallbani.blogspot.com/, nallbani.blogspot.com/ google_ad_channel = "0484786882+1206263400"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1417126720530661395-3773434008561533906?l=nallbani.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Merkur*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14907164602721123652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417126720530661395.post-39468523976250196962007-10-16T18:13:00.001+05:302007-10-16T18:13:56.425+05:30<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/OeW_wtx32ys' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/OeW_wtx32ys'/></object></p><p>this guy was totally nuts but it was an amazing show !!! :D<br />Petra, Jordan, Monastery Temple</p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-3762019197952103"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-01-24: http://nallbani.blogspot.com/, nallbani.blogspot.com/ google_ad_channel = "0484786882+1206263400"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1417126720530661395-3946852397625019696?l=nallbani.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Merkur*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14907164602721123652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417126720530661395.post-43039843099721886532007-06-24T18:51:00.001+05:302007-06-24T18:51:01.053+05:30<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/196259233/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/65/196259233_78d134a955_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/196259233/">Petra</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/merkur/">The Albanian</a>.</span><br clear="all" /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-3762019197952103"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-01-24: http://nallbani.blogspot.com/, nallbani.blogspot.com/ google_ad_channel = "0484786882+1206263400"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1417126720530661395-4303984309972188653?l=nallbani.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Merkur*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14907164602721123652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417126720530661395.post-46477940899006793422007-06-21T02:43:00.001+05:302007-06-21T02:43:28.895+05:30<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/574431427/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1159/574431427_04cdfc96f7_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/574431427/">Blue Moon ...</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/merkur/">The Albanian</a>.</span><br clear="all" /><p>Blue moon<br />You saw me standing alone<br />Without a dream in my heart<br />Without a love of my own<br />Blue moon<br />You know just what I was there for<br />You heard me saying a prayer for<br />Someone I really could care for<br /><br />And then there suddenly appeared before me<br />The only one my arms will hold<br />I heard somebody whisper please adore me<br />And when I looked to the moon it turned to gold<br /><br />Blue moon<br />Now Im no longer alone<br />Without a dream in my heart<br />Without a love of my own<br /><br />And then there suddenly appeared before me<br />The only one my arms will ever hold<br />I heard somebody whisper please adore me<br />And when I looked the moon had turned to gold<br /><br />Blue moon<br />Now Im no longer alone<br />Without a dream in my heart<br />Without a love of my own<br /><br />Blue moon<br />Now Im no longer alone<br />Without a dream in my heart<br />Without a love of my own<br /><br />By Ella Fitzgerald</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-3762019197952103"; 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google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-01-24: http://nallbani.blogspot.com/, nallbani.blogspot.com/ google_ad_channel = "0484786882+1206263400"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1417126720530661395-3780817991895399684?l=nallbani.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Merkur*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14907164602721123652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417126720530661395.post-88724269106568532292007-05-13T13:58:00.001+05:302007-05-13T13:58:58.958+05:30<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/494070424/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/190/494070424_097b5e8afc_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/494070424/">wadi rum 05</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/merkur/">The Albanian</a>.</span><br clear="all" /><p>Jordan, April 2007</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-3762019197952103"; 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google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-01-24: http://nallbani.blogspot.com/, nallbani.blogspot.com/ google_ad_channel = "0484786882+1206263400"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1417126720530661395-3458620365425794683?l=nallbani.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Merkur*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14907164602721123652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417126720530661395.post-26321941066351242182007-01-31T22:33:00.001+05:302007-01-31T22:33:19.445+05:30<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/336682749/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/159/336682749_1855fdbec2_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/336682749/">Buna</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/merkur/">The Albanian</a>.</span><br clear="all" /><p>Buna<br /><br />A fisherman on a boat, Buna (also Bojana) river, near the delta to the Adriatic Sea. Ulqin (Ulcinj) Monte Negro</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-3762019197952103"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-01-24: http://nallbani.blogspot.com/, nallbani.blogspot.com/ google_ad_channel = "0484786882+1206263400"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1417126720530661395-2632194106635124218?l=nallbani.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Merkur*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14907164602721123652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417126720530661395.post-8728914501114363502007-01-26T12:05:00.001+05:302007-01-26T12:05:02.514+05:30<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/220702827/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/62/220702827_3f0258fc70_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/220702827/">Another kind of paradise</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/merkur/">The Albanian</a>.</span><br clear="all" /><p>Oh, you gotta see the <br /><a href="http://www.flagrantdisregard.com/flickr/onblack.php?id=220702827&amp;size=Large">'Another kind of paradise' On Black</a><br /><br />Erawan Waterfall is the largest and most beautiful waterfall in the western region of Thailand, located on the bank of Kwai Yai River in Khao Salop (Erawan) National Park.<br /><br /><br />Si-iigh, I just wanted to stay there for the rest of my days, , :),:(<br />This is where it is BTW<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanchanaburi_Province">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanchanaburi_Province</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-3762019197952103"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-01-24: http://nallbani.blogspot.com/, nallbani.blogspot.com/ google_ad_channel = "0484786882+1206263400"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1417126720530661395-872891450111436350?l=nallbani.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Merkur*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14907164602721123652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417126720530661395.post-74939272430232785242007-01-25T21:25:00.001+05:302007-01-25T21:25:20.623+05:30<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/169608889/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/77/169608889_c442b4f15e_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/169608889/">Laamu, Gaadhoo - Maldives</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/merkur/">The Albanian</a>.</span><br clear="all" /><p>June 2006,<br />the reality was much more wonderful</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-3762019197952103"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-01-24: http://nallbani.blogspot.com/, nallbani.blogspot.com/ google_ad_channel = "0484786882+1206263400"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1417126720530661395-7493927243023278524?l=nallbani.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Merkur*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14907164602721123652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417126720530661395.post-20149648794698948182007-01-25T10:58:00.001+05:302007-01-25T10:58:43.954+05:30<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/150268403/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/53/150268403_70477b43de_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/150268403/">Bentota beach</a> <br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/merkur/">The Albanian</a>.</span><br clear="all" /><p>Frederico Garcia Lorca <br />THE UNFAITHFUL WIFE<br />(river replaced with beach)<br /><br /><br />I took her to the beach<br />Believing she was a virgin<br />But she had a husband.<br /><br />It was the night of Saint James and almost as promised<br />The street lamps extinguished as the crickets lit up<br />In the far corners I touched her sleeping nipples,<br />And suddenly they opened to me<br />Like a hyacinth branch.<br /><br />The starch of her taffeta<br />Sounded in my ear like silk scratched by ten knives.<br />Without silver light on their crowns the trees had grown,<br />And an horizon of dogs barked very far from the river.<br /><br />Beyond raspberry bushes, rushes and thorn shrubs,<br />Under her matted hair I hollowed out the mud.<br />I took off my tie.<br />She dropped her dress.<br />I unbuckled my gunbelt<br />She let fall her four laces.<br />Neither white petals nor snails have skin so fine<br />Nor moonlit crystals shine with her brilliance.<br /><br />Her thighs escaped me like surprised fish,<br />Half filled with embers, half filled with ice.<br />That night I ran—best runner of all the roads,<br />Mounted on a pearly steed, neither saddle nor bridle.<br /><br />As a man I can not tell the things she told me<br />Light of understanding makes me prudent.<br />Dirty with sand and with kisses<br />I took her away from the beach<br />The swords of the lilies flailed in the breezes.<br /><br />I behaved as befit me, a genuine gypsy<br />I gave her a sewing basket of straw-colored silk<br />I refused to fall in love with her because she has a husband.<br />She said she was virgin when I took her to the beach.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-3762019197952103"; 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google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-01-24: http://nallbani.blogspot.com/, nallbani.blogspot.com/ google_ad_channel = "0484786882+1206263400"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1417126720530661395-7046268089399587872?l=nallbani.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Merkur*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14907164602721123652noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417126720530661395.post-68486992067651291072007-01-24T14:27:00.001+05:302007-01-24T14:41:23.195+05:30<a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/364854944/"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2px solid" alt="" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/159/364854944_b50c65d53a_m.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/364854944/">Thirsty squirrel</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/merkur/">The Albanian</a>.</span><br /><p>This was taken in Sri Lanka and the striped squirrels are a common sight here around. This one turned to be very human-friendly and didn't mind to join us in our picnic. He jumped on the glass after he tried this:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/366708473/"><img height="160" alt="Thirsty squirrel - 01" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/99/366708473_01a1670063_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br /><br />and this:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/366709610/"><img height="192" alt="Thirsty squirrel - 02" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/119/366709610_7e5e7e1c4b_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br /><br />:)</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-3762019197952103"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-01-24: http://nallbani.blogspot.com/, nallbani.blogspot.com/ google_ad_channel = "0484786882+1206263400"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1417126720530661395-6848699206765129107?l=nallbani.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Merkur*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14907164602721123652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417126720530661395.post-36563313201848115162007-01-20T23:43:00.000+05:302007-01-24T11:43:45.592+05:30<a title="Photo Sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/366740791/"><img height="160" alt="Sunset" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/98/366740791_2b6af5a9cb_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />Sunset<br />Blue Waters hotel in Waduwa, near Colombo Sri Lanka.<br /><br />I am not a sunset freak but sunsets in Sri Lanka are so surreal and adorable"<br /><br /><a title="Photo Sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/284595612/"><img height="160" alt="Misty afternoon ..." src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/112/284595612_c0d2a8152b_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />Kandy, Sri Lanka. As seen from the Amaya Hills Hotel<br /><br /><a title="Photo Sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/220702827/"><img height="160" alt="Another kind of paradise" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/62/220702827_3f0258fc70_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />Another kind of paradise<br /><br />Oh, you gotta see the<br /><a href="http://www.flagrantdisregard.com/flickr/onblack.php?id=220702827&amp;size=Large">'Another kind of paradise' On Black</a><br /><br />Erawan Waterfall is the largest and most beautiful waterfall in the western region of Thailand, located on the bank of Kwai Yai River in Khao Salop (Erawan) National Park.<br />Si-iigh, I just wanted to stay there for the rest of my days, , :),:(<br />This is where it is BTW<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanchanaburi_Province">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanchanaburi_Province</a><br /><br /><a title="Photo Sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/106269063/"><img height="180" alt="The Alchemist" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/55/106269063_9b9cf484d1_m.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />The Alchemist<br />Wadi Rum, Jordan. Just the way I saw it. March 2004.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-3762019197952103"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-01-24: http://nallbani.blogspot.com/, nallbani.blogspot.com/ google_ad_channel = "0484786882+1206263400"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1417126720530661395-3656331320184811516?l=nallbani.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Merkur*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14907164602721123652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417126720530661395.post-64635390464561889852007-01-20T00:18:00.000+05:302007-01-20T00:26:09.402+05:30<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/136839885/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/50/136839885_13eee8864f_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="I like the way you walk ..." /></a><br /><br />I like the way you walk<br />Fashion show in Colombo, Sri Lanka<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/223093023/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/31/223093023_df83535b8f_m.jpg" width="240" height="130" alt="Sounds of silence" /></a><br /><br />Sounds of Silence<br />Kanchanaburi waterfalls Thailand<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-3762019197952103"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-01-24: http://nallbani.blogspot.com/, nallbani.blogspot.com/ google_ad_channel = "0484786882+1206263400"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1417126720530661395-6463539046456188985?l=nallbani.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Merkur*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14907164602721123652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417126720530661395.post-72410304625513416282007-01-18T20:43:00.000+05:302007-01-19T14:58:37.449+05:30<a href="http://nallbani.blogspot.com/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/48/130737315_ecfe4b9f48_m.jpg" width="192" height="240" alt="Liquid in b&amp;w / Lëngtë b&amp;z" /></a><br />Liquid portrait <br /><br /><a href="http://nallbani.blogspot.com/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/51/141810867_93cd84f714_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="My Da Vinci Code" /></a><br /><br />My Da Vinci code<br /><br />More at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/sets/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/sets/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-3762019197952103"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-01-24: http://nallbani.blogspot.com/, nallbani.blogspot.com/ google_ad_channel = "0484786882+1206263400"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1417126720530661395-7241030462551341628?l=nallbani.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Merkur*http://www.blogger.com/profile/14907164602721123652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417126720530661395.post-36266597935749183672007-01-18T20:00:00.000+05:302007-01-20T23:56:57.194+05:30Below is a selection of the more popular ones or my own preference.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/361184661/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/154/361184661_1385120aec_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="London / Londra" /></a><br />London, August 2004<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/190634252/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/47/190634252_43073796a0_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="The many faces of the sky" /></a><br />Male, Maldives<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/208088048/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/66/208088048_4cf8ac3862_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="The boy, the snake and the monkey" /></a><br />The boy, the snake and the monkey<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/248346343/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/96/248346343_d3cb83c61c_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="baby hedgehog - iriqi" /></a><br />Baby hedgehog<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/219959610/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/89/219959610_2e539456d7_m.jpg" width="191" height="240" alt="Tiger temple 2" /></a><br />Tiger temple<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/216193314/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/75/216193314_a792a1eeba_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="The old man and ..." /></a><br />The old man and the ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/210274443/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/76/210274443_e08915726a_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Sri Lanka - Behind the wave of violence is peace..." /></a><br />Sri Lanka - Behind the wave of violence is peace..." <br /><br />And many more at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/sets/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/merkur/sets/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-3762019197952103"; 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