Chapter Six, The Bernese Oberland
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Page 242 The statue of Indian film-maker Yash Chopra, outside Interlaken’s Kursaal -
Page 248 The Staubbach Falls at Lauterbrunnen, viewed from the path that runs behind the curtain of water -
Page 250a The Schilthorn Cable Car -
Page 250b View from the Schilthorn summit towards the Lauterbrunnen valley, with the cable car mid-station at Birg visible on the left -
Page 250c The summit of the Schilthorn -
Page 255a The Eiger seen from Kleine Schiedegg -
Page 255b Jungfraujoch summit -
Page 255c Jungfraujoch top station with the Aletsch glacier on the right -
Page 257a The Old Town, Thun -
Page 257b View towards Lake Thun from the Castle -
Page 259 The waterside park at Schloss Oberhofen, beside Lake Thun -
Page 260a The Brienz Rothorn Railway -
Page 260b Lake Brienz from the Rothorn summit, with Interlaken (and a tiny part of Lake Thun) visible at top right -
Page 261a The place where Sherlock Holmes “vanquished Professor Moriarty” -
Page 261b The Grandhotel Giessbach, overlooking Lake Brienz -
Page 263 The Aare Gorge -
Page 265a The lonely Uschinental Valley near Kandersteg -
Page 265b Unterbächen, a remote walking centre at the head of the Uschinental Valley

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