Expeditions

 

 

CAUCASUS Mts.  (June 5 – July 6, 1973)  Georgia, Armenia

 

CAUCASUS Mts.  (June 12 – 28, 1975)  Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Armenia

 

C ASIA  (June 23 – July 12, 1976)  Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan

 

C ASIA  (April 24 – May 13, 1977)  Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

 

C ASIA  (April 16 – May 13, 1978)  Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan

 

C ASIA  (April 12 – May 3, 1980)  Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

 

C ASIA  (April 18 – May 13, 1981)  Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan

 

NEAR EAST (April 25 – May 10, 1982)  Syria

 

RUSSIA  (June 23 – July 6, 1985)  Bajkal lake

 

C ASIA  (June 6 – July 10, 1986)  Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

 

C ASIA  (June 10 – 22, 1987)  Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan

 

C ASIA  (July 4 – 18, 1987)  Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

 

C ASIA  (June 29 – July 14, 1988)  Uzbekistan

 

C ASIA  (June 10 – 27, 1989)  Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

 

C ASIA  (July 5 – 16, 1989)  Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan

 

C ASIA  (August 2 – 15, 1989)  Tajikistan

 

C ASIA  (May 12 – 25, 1990)  Kazakhstan

 

FAR EAST  (July 13 – August 4, 1990)  Chingan nat. res.

 

FAR EAST  (June 25 – July 17, 1991)  Chingan nat. res.

 

SE ASIA  (June 11 – July 15, 1994)  Taiwan Is.

 

SW EUROPE  (July 14 – 27, 1995)  Pyreneyen Mts.

 

S AMERICA  (May 7 – 29, 1999)  Venezuela  FOTO

 

S ASIA  (July 6 – 27, 2001)  India  FOTO

 

S EUROPE  (June 10 – 20, 2002)  Greece (Creta Is.)

 

INDIAN OCEAN (December 16 – January 21, 2004)  Mascarene Is. (Mauritius  FOTO  & Rodriguez  FOTO )  

 

S EUROPE  (July 1 – 25, 2006)  Greece (Pindos Mts.)

 

S EUROPE  (July 2 – 21, 2007)  Greece (Peloponnisos)

 

C ASIA  (June 21 - July 19, 2008) Iran (Hormozgán, Fárs)  FOTO  

 

C ASIA  (July 1 - July 29, 2010) Iran (Hormozgán, Fárs, Búyer Ahmad, Lorestán) FOTO

 

 

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VENEZUELA  
 

Pico Guacamayo (1828m) – ewergreen rainforest

 

Parque Nacional Henri Pittier – Paso Portachuelo (1128m) of the Cordillera de la Costa,
the coastal mountain range considered the northern continuation of the great Andean system

 

Pico Palmarito (1856m) – dense cloudforest

 

 

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INDIA  
 
Bhaga Valley
 
Dhungri Temple – erected in 1553, dedicated to the goddess Hadimba
 
Tibetan festival
 
 From Morrhi Village to Rohtang Pass (3990m) crosses the massive Pir Panjal Range
 
Manali (2050m) – The Mall
 
Old Manali Village – collection of old guesthouses
 
Tayal Gompa, which means Chosen Place in Tibetan. The 300-year-old gompa has a library
 and a 4m-high statue of Padmasambhara
 
Keylong (3350m), the capital of Lahaul and Spiti with Gepan Gah Mt. (6050m)
 
A spectacular view of the Tibetan landscape
 
  Delhi – Paharganj (Rajguru Road)

 

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MAURITIUS  
 
The upper part gorges with Piton de la Petite Riviére Noire (828m) – the highest point on Mauritius
 
Chamarel waretfall – the highest falls in Mauritius (over 100m)
 
Troux aux Cerfs crater in Curepipe
 
Black River Gorges National Park – Plaine Champagne with Montagne Brise Fer (622m)
 
Alexandra Falls
 
Alexandra Falls with Montagne Cocotte (771m)
 
Riviére Noire Falls & George Overlook
 
Macchabée Forest Reserve

 

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RODRIGUES  
 

Montagne Quatre Vents (341m)
 
The upper part gorges with Riviére Syganque
 
 Montagne Malartic (392m) – the highest point on Rodriguez

 

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IRAN 08 

 
 

The Kúhhá-ye Bašákerd Mts., South Iran, but in my own view it´s Diamond Mts.
 

The typical plants of lowlands of the Persian Gulf
 

South slope of Kuh-e Gebal Barez Mts., Kerman, South Iran
 

Zagros Mts., Kúh-e Dinár, Búyer Ahmad, Central Iran
 

Gebal Barez Mts., Kerman, South Iran
 

The fragment of the Silk Road
 

The Thursday market of Minab
 

Old women, Tiyáb, Hormozgán, South Iran
 

The Persian Gulf. The diabolically hot, humid and very long summer days regularly reach 50C
 

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IRAN 10

 
 

The way back from the Gahar Zagros Mountains, Lorestan, Central Iran
 

Agama on patrol
 

 View of Kuh-e Ošturan (4070m), Lorestan, Central Iran
 

Island life
 

Fish stalls in the market in Minab, Hormozgán, South Iran
 

Bookstall seller, Minab, Hormozgán, South Iran
 

Midday siesta, Minab, Hormozgán, South Iran
 

Typical plants of southern slopes of Kuh-e Gebal Barez, Kerman, South Iran
 

It doesn´t rain much in this region
 

The couple Monocladum iranicum creeping out of pistachio roots at midnight
 

Male Anthracocentrus rugiceps hardey on acacia at night, Hormozgán, South Iran
 

The road from Sisaht village to Hafr across the Kuh-e Dinár Mountains, Central Iran
 

Foto Jiri Lorenc © 2005 - 2011