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Maghri to Kapan - Armenia

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Pamir Highway - Murgab to Khorog

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Bartang Valley - Pamirs

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Kashgar

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Song Kul Lake

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Song Kul Lake - Kyrgyzstan

Tuyoq & Flaming Mountains

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The Flaming Mountains surround the desert, mud-built Uighur village of Tuyoq; pilgrimage site for Muslims for centuries, as seven trips here equals one to Mecca. On the hillside is the symbolic tomb of the first Uighur Muslim.

On the road - Xinjiang

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Turpan

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Turpan, a desert oasis in Xinjiang Province of China. Land of the "Flaming Mountains", Emin Minaret, ancient cities - Jiaohe & Gaochang - and of preserved mummies, vast grape harvests, and the Islamic Uighur people. It is also the hottest place in China.

Sexuality

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Tongren Tibetan monasteries - Qinghai

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Rongwo Gonchen Gompa Tibetan monastery of Tongren (Tibetan - Repkong - in Qinghai Province) and the neighboring valley monasteries of Wutun Si & Gomar Gompa.

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Taian

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Taishan

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Tai Shan – or Mount Tai – is one of “Five Sacred Mountains” of Chinese Daoist belief; and is regarded as the foremost of the five. It has been a place of worship for at least 3,000 years and served as the foremost ceremonial center for eastern China. It is associated with sunrise, birth, and renewal.

Nong Kiaow to Maung Khua

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

2010 | Nong Kiaow to Maung Khua river trip

Tiantouzhai - Dazhai rice terraces

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The Dazhai - Jinkeng "Dragon's Backbone" rice terraces amid the mountains of Guangxi in China; home of the Yao ethnic minority.

Qufu

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

A trip to Qufu to visit Confucius's tomb and family cemetery (all descendants since his time); and also the old city which houses his temple and family mansions.

Djenne

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Djenne is an ancient centre of Islamic learning surrounded by rivers and famous for its monday market and beautiful, surreal mud mosque.

Jerusalem

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Bonthe - Sierra Leone

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Jiangtouzhou

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1000 year-old Jiangtouzhou village.

Akha Village - Laos

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Hakka villages of Yongding

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Pingyao

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Xian

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Lijiashan

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Amid the western mountains of Shanxi province in China is the remote and ancient cave-house village of Lijiashan, perched high above the Yellow River.

Petra - Jordan

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Back in 1989 and aged 23, I simply walked into the entrance of Petra, Jordan; paid my fee, and wandered in with sleeping bag under arm. Despite a sign saying no overnight stays, no camping – no one stopped me. I stayed 3 days.

Cartegena, Colombia

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Patagonia

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Tupiza

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Over the Andes

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Easter Island

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Easter Island or Rapa Nui, 2002 - I had intended 3 days as a stop-over on-route to Chile, but the place proved too magical and extended it to 10 days, touring the island - drinking tequila and beer, staying - and partying with an indigeous crazed, Rasta-hippy family ... truly, mystical, man!