Werner Cohnitz

Image Not Available for All along the Suez Canal are signal stations, like the one here in Port Said.

Image Not Available for Behind this mountain of sand is the Suez Canal.

Image Not Available for Celebrating the honorary gods of weaving and dyeing. The celebration consists of sake, Schnaps and sweet rice cakes.

Image Not Available for Dinner-time at a Swiss hotel near Vierwaldstättersee (the Lake of the Four Cantons). Long after sundown, the sky and the lake are brightly illuminated.

Image Not Available for Early break at dawn on the Suez Canal at Port Said.

Image Not Available for Early morning by the Suez Canal. On the canal, a rowing boat with the typical solar sail goes by.

Image Not Available for Egyptian fishermen on the Suez Canal draw in their nets in the early dawn. Oil and gasoline tanks are seen on the other side of the canal.

Image Not Available for The Gion Festival in Kyoto is one of the most famous festivals in Japan. Streetcar traffic is closed down and the giant streetcars are decorated and become part of the procession.

Image Not Available for Harbour party in Kobe, Japan. An American luxury car decorated with flowers carries a crowned queen and attendants.

Image Not Available for In a solomn ceremony celebrating the Geisha, a Geisha shows the back of her kimono. Attendants on either side of her carry the name of the teahouse on their kimono.

Image Not Available for In June the Japanese people celebrate (Glycinienfest) in Kyoto. The Imperial family travel in a decorated wagen pulled by white bulls.

Image Not Available for It looks like a ship sailing in the desert, but here the canal is level with the desert sands and one does not see the water.