14th century Tsminda Sameba church set in front of Mt Kazbek (5047 m, 16,558 ft)

Sunset over Batumi and the Black Sea, Georgia

Sumela Monastery, near Trabzon, Turkey

Üç Kümbetler (Three Tombs) Erzurum, Turkey

European interlude from Across Asia: Rathaus, Vienna, Austria

European interlude from Across Asia: View towards Buda Castle, Hungary

European interlude from Across Asia: Chiemsee lake at sunset, Germany

European interlude to Across Asia: View from Zugspitze, the highest mountain in the Bavarian Alps.

The smoking crater of Gunung Merapi, almost a year after the large eruption in late 2010.