The highest dune of the Curonian Lagoon and one of the highest dunes in Europe near the village of Morskoe. Its height is 64 metres. The dune itself is called Walnut, but most often it is called by th...

Sea defences on the shore in Baltiysk, home to the Baltic Naval Base of the Baltic Fleet, the largest Russian naval base on the Baltic Sea. Until the 1990s, the city was closed to Russians.

The distinctive 'Turtle Rock' in the bay of the ancient and well-preserved traditional Fujianese village of Qinbi, nowadays a magnet for domestic Taiwanese tourism. Mainland China's Fujian Province ca...

A ROC military outpost in the bay of the ancient and well-preserved traditional Fujianese-style village of Qinbi, nowadays a magnet for domestic Taiwanese tourism.

Ancient and well-preserved traditional Fujianese architecture makes tiny Qinbi Village a magnet for domestic Taiwanese tourists.

Tourists look over th ebay from a terrace where a Cold War-era slogan warning against communist China still survives on the walls of the ancient and well-preserved traditional Fujianese architecture i...

The distinctive 'Turtle Rock' in the bay of the ancient and well-preserved traditional Fujianese village of Qinbi, nowadays a magnet for domestic Taiwanese tourism.

An abandoned ROC Army M41 tank sits 'guarding' the coastline of tiny Dongju Island, part of the Matsu archipelago, Taiwanese territory just a few miles from mainland China.

An abandoned ROC Army M41 tank sits 'guarding' the coastline of tiny Dongju Island, part of the Matsu archipelago, Taiwanese territory just a few miles from mainland China.

An abandoned ROC Army M41 tank sits 'guarding' the coastline of tiny Dongju Island, part of the Matsu archipelago, Taiwanese territory just a few miles from mainland China.

Residents of tiny Dongju, a militarised islet (part of the Matsu archipelago belonging to ROC and lying just off the coast of Fujian Province, China) are halted by an ROC soldier during manoevers at t...

An abandoned ROC Army M41 tank sits 'guarding' the coastline of tiny Dongju Island, part of the Matsu archipelago, Taiwanese territory just a few miles from mainland China.

The small, traditional village of Dapu, perched on the cliffs of tiny Dongju Island has been extensively restored to its formal architectural glory, and acts now as an important tourist draw to the is...

The small, traditional village of Dapu, perched on the cliffs of tiny Dongju Island has been extensively restored to its formal architectural glory, and acts now as an important tourist draw to the is...

The small, traditional village of Dapu, perched on the cliffs of tiny Dongju Island has been extensively restored to its formal architectural glory, and acts now as an important tourist draw to the is...