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INDEX Index Argentina Bauhaus (Dessau) 274 Boryeong (South Korea), Mud Festival 79 Cambodia

A Buenos Aires 129, 142, 218 Bavaria (Germany), Lower Franconia 266 Bosluisbaii (Namibia) 207 Angkor 36
beaches 186–209, 236–7, 320
Carnival (Gualeguaychu) 79
Mekong River 113, 153
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Stari Most
Aachen (Germany), Cathedral 143 Che Guevara’s Motorcycle Route 113 Beara Peninsula (Ireland) 180 (Mostar) 47 Siem Reap 323
Abu Simbel (Egypt) 100–1 Horseback cattle drive (Patagonia) 114 Beaufort Castle (Nabatieh) 43 Boston (USA), Museum of Bad Art 275 Camel-trekking (Morocco) 241
Abydos (Egypt), Temple of Seti I 44 Iguaçu Falls 172–3 Beaumaris Castle (Anglesey) 43 Botany Bay (Australia) 320 Camino di Assisi (Italy) 99
Acapulco (Mexico) 86 Wine-tasting (Mendoza) 248–9 Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Musées Royaux des Bou Inania Medersa (Fez) 298 Camino Real Trek (Panama) 115
acrobat displays (Beijing) 241 Arizona (USA) (Brussels) 274 Brac (Croatia) 170–1 Camino de Santiago (France/Spain) 97, 98
Acropolis (Athens) 18 Canyon de Chelly 159 Beijing (China) 102, 112 Bratislava (Slovakia) 306 Campanile San Marco (Venice) 127, 302
Acropolis (Rhodes) 19 Grand Canyon 158 acrobat displays 241 Brazil Canada
activities 212–41 Sedona 324 Bird’s Nest Stadium 145 The Amazon 152 The Canadian 94
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) 324 The Ark (Bukhara) 46 Lama Temple 131 Belém 61 Cape Breton Island 207
Adelaide (Australia) 95 art 244–7, 250–5, 258–61, 270–3, 274–7 Temple of Heaven 130 Belo Horizonte 143 Gwaii Haanas National Park 240
Adriatic Sea, Sailing 239 Art Nouveau District (Riga) 305 Yonghegong 46 Capoeira 240 Icefields Parkway Drive 112
Afghanistan, Band-e Amir Lakes 157 arts festivals 62–5, 78–9, 268–9, 274 Belém (Brazil), Cirio de Nazare 61 Curitiba 145 Iqalit 77
Aggtelek Caves (Hungary) 180 Assisi (Italy), Basilica di San Francesco 99, HMS Belfast (London) 284 Fernando de Noronha 161 Kicking Horse 212–13
Agra (India), Taj Mahal 93, 106 265 Belgium Iguaçu Falls 172–3 Montreal 68–9, 256
Agrigento (Sicily) 18–19 Assos (Turkey) 19 Antwerp 281 Ilha Grande 207 Niagara Falls 173
Águas Livres Aqueduct (Portugal) 139 Asti (Italy), Palio 72–3 Binche 76 Joatinga Beach 209 Nova Scotia 88
Ait Benhaddou (Morocco) 44 Aswan Dam (Egypt) 100 Bruges 307 Manaus 275 Pacific Crest Trail 115
Aitutaki (Cook Islands) 206 Athena, Tempio de (Assos) 19 Brussels 143, 274, 277 Mata Atlântica 178 Pan-American Highway 89
Aix-en-Provence (France) 325 Athens (Greece) 18 Ghent 281 Olinda & Recife 53 Quebec City 325
Aix-en-Provence Festival 269 marathon 217 Ostend 77 Pantanal 182 Red Mountain 214
Akrotiri (Santorini) 26 Ati-Atihan (Philippines) 52–3 Belize Parintins 77 Toronto 134, 143
Aksum Kingdom 28 Atlas Mountains (Morocco) 233 El Caracol 46 Pedra Azul 151 tundra buggying for polar bears 114
Al-Mamzar Beach (Dubai) 190 The Atomium (Brussels) 143 Lamanai 41 Porto de Galinhas 209 Viking Trail 115
Alaknanda River (India) 99 Auckland (New Zealand), Cheltenham Lighthouse Reef 228 Preá 239 Whistler 212
Alaska (USA), sea kayaking, Prince William Beach 191 rain forests 178–9 Rio de Janeiro 50, 205 The Canadian 94
Sound 238 Australia Belleville (Paris) 315 Río Paraguay 153 Canaima National Park (Venezuela) 174
Alba (Italy), International Truffle Fair 274 Blue Mountains 95, 178 Bellinzona (Switzerland), Tre Castelli 45 Salvador 50–1, 219, 325 Canal Cruising (Amsterdam) 101
Albi (France), Toulouse-Lautrec Museum Canberra 142 Belly-dancing (Istanbul and the Levant) 219 São Paulo 67 Canal du Midi (France) 112
275 Darwin 323 Belo Horizonte (Brazil), Church of St. Francis Bregenz (Austria), Bregenzer Festival 269 Canal St-Martin (Paris) 317
Aldabra Atoll (Seychelles) 181 The Ghan 114 143 Brihadishwara Temple (Thanjavur, India) 13 Canary Islands (Spain)
Aleppo (Syria) 299, 323 Great Barrier Reef 227 Benicassim (Spain) 55 Bristol (England) 325 Lanzarote 274
cuisine 256 Great Ocean Road 89, 113 Bent Pyramid (Dahshur) 12–13 British Columbia (Canada) 212–13, 214, 240 Tenerife 79, 183
Ales Stenar (Sweden) 16 Indian Pacific Railway 95 Beppu (Japan) 169 British Museum (London) 122 Canberra (Australia), Parliament House 142
Alexandria (Egypt) 286 Melbourne 63, 256 Berlin (Germany) British Virgin Islands, Jost Van Dyke Island Cannes (France)
Bibliotheca Alexandrina 276, 286 Mount Augustus 150 Berlin Filmmuseum 275 209 Domaine des Collettes 274
Algeria Murujuga 255 Film Festival 263 Brooklyn Botanic Gardens (New York) 290 Film Festival 262
Coastal North Africa 89 New South Wales 95, 178 Holocaust Memorial 143 Bruges (Belgium) 307 Canterbury (England), The Pilgrim’s Way 98
Timgad 26 Northern Territories 149, 241, 274 Pergamonmuseum 276 Brunei, Borneo Jungle 179 canyoning 238
Allagash river (Maine) 153 Perth 188–9 Reichstag 142 Brunelleschi, Filippo 123 canyons 158–9, 180, 181, 182, 183
Alleppey (Kerala) 157 Queensland 73, 277 Bernadette, St. 98 Brussels (Belgium) Cape Cod (USA), Coast Guard Beach 202
Almería (Spain), Playa de Cabo de Gata 207 Sydney 66–7, 101, 132, 236, 318–21 Bestival (Isle of Wight) 74 The Atomium 143 Cape Horn (Chile) 160
The Alps 91, 94, 97, 115 Tasmania 111, 203, 238 Bhutan Centre Belge de la Bande Desinée 277 Cape May (New Jersey) 208
Amager Beach Park (Copenhagen) 190 Uluru 149 Chomolhari Trek 91 Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Cape Town (South Africa)
Amalfi Coast (Italy) 110 Victoria 89, 113 Paro Tsechu 77 Belgique 274 Blue Train 112
Amazon River 152 Western Australia 112, 150, 255 Punakha Domchoe 78 Bill Bryson 7 cuisine 256
Amazon Theatre (Manaus) 275 Austria Trekking 232–3 Bryce Canyon (Utah) 158–9 deep sea fishing 241
Amber Room, Catherine Palace Bregenz 269 Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Alexandria) 276, Buckskin Gulch (Utah) 180 International Jazz Festival 68
(St. Petersburg) 275 Graz 324 286 Budapest (Hungary) 312 Llandudno Beach 207
Amiens (France), Notre-Dame d’Amiens Landshaag 235 Big Buddha Beach (Ko Samui) 206 Buena Vista Park (San Francisco) 311 Muizenberg Beach 191
140–1 Vienna 141 Bilbao (Spain), Guggenheim 134 Buenos Aires (Argentina) Rovos Rail 94
amphitheaters 20–3 Avenida 9 de Julio (Buenos Aires) 129 Binche (Belgium), Carnival 76 Avenida 9 de Julio 129 Cape Winelands (South Africa) 248
Amsterdam (Netherlands) 280 Avignon (France) 136 Bird’s Nest Stadium (Beijing) 145 Puente de la Mujer 142 Capitoline Museums (Rome) 258–9
canal cruising 101 Avignon Festival 64 Birdsville Races (Australia) 73 tango 218 Capo Rosso (Corsica) 110
Gay Pride 67 Axum (Ethiopia) 46 Bled, Lake (Slovenia) 156 Bukhara (Uzbekistan) Capoeira (Brazil) 240
Van Gogh Museum 251 Ayres Rock see Uluru Blue Corner (Palau) 229 The Ark 46 Cappadocia (Turkey) 230–1, 239
Anapji (Gyeongju) 293 Ayutthaya (Thailand) 38 Blue Lagoon (Iceland) 180 Madrassah Mir-i-Arab 143 carambole pool (Netherlands) 240
Andalucía (Spain) 266 Azaleas, Kyushu (Japan) 183 Blue Mountains (Australia) 95, 178 Bulgaria, Sozopol 323 Carcassonne (France) 307
Andaman Islands (India), Radhanagar Beach Azay-le-Rideau, Château d’ (France) 47 Blue Train (South Africa) 112 Bulguksa (Gyeongju) 293 Cargèse (Corsica) 110
(Havelock Island) 201 Azerbaijan, Gobustan 254 boat trips 100–1, 112–15, 297, 301 Bumbershoot (Seattle) 74–5 Carl Hammer Gallery (Chicago) 276
Anderson Valley Vineyards (California) 276 The Boathouse (Laugharne) 274 Bun Bang Fai (Vientiane) 78 Carnac (France) 16
The Andes 82–3, 95, 249 B Bohinj, Lake (Slovenia) 156 Bungan Beach (Sydney) 320 carnivals 50–3, 76, 78–9
Angel Falls (Venezuela) 174 Baan Mai (Koh Lone) 206 Boi-Bumba (Parintins) 77 Burgos (Spain), Catedral de Santa Maria 141 Carpenter’s Caves (Ellora, India) 31
Angkor (Cambodia) 36 Bad Art, Museum of (Boston) 275 Bolivia Burgundy (France) 267 Carpet Museum (Tehran) 275
Anguilla, Shoal Bay 187 Badrinath (India) 99 Apolobamba Road 231 Wine Festival 276 Cartagena (Colombia), Hay Festival 64
Annapurna (Nepal) 90–1 The Bahamas, Pink Sands Apolobamba Trek 82–3 Burning Man (Nevada) 78 Casa Batlló (Barcelona) 143
Annunciation Cathedral (Kazan) 144 (Eleuthera) 187 Che Guevara Trail 84 Bushwalking (Australia) 238 Casa de Moneda (Potosí) 287
Anse La Roche (Grenada) 206 Baikal, Lake (Siberia) 181 Choro Trail 240 Busua (Ghana) 196 Casa da Musica (Porto) 135
Anse Source d’Argent (La Digue) 206 Baja California (Mexico) 113 Isla del Sol 32–3 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Cascade Loop Drive (Washington State) 114
Antalya PGA Sultan Golf Course (Turkey) Bako National Park (Sarawak) 180 Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco (Uganda) 163 Castello Walk (Venice) 303
225 Balaton, Lake (Hungary) 156 National Park 180 Byzantine churches (Ravenna) 119 castles and fortifications 37, 42–3, 44, 45,
Antarctica 183 Bamako (Mali), National Museum of Mali Llama Trek 113 Byzantine Empire 118–19 46, 136, 137, 139, 144, 145, 286, 320
Antarctic icebreaker voyage 112 275 Oruro Carnival 76 Castro and Noe Valley (San Francisco) 309
Ice Marathon 217 Band-e Amir Lakes (Afghanistan) 157 Potosí 287 C Cathedral Cove (New Zealand) 206
Antwerp (Belgium) 281 Banda Islands (Indonesia) 229 Salar de Uyuni 84–5 Cadiz (Spain), Carnival 76 cathedrals 97, 98, 105, 123, 136, 140–1, 143,
Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka) 38 Bandelier National Monument Sol de Mañana 169 Caesarea Maritima (Israel) 138 144, 305, 310, 313
Apennines (Italy) 97 (New Mexico) 31 Sucre 324 Cairo (Egypt) 10, 286 Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart
Apolobamba Road (Bolivia) 231 Bangaram Beach (Lakshadweep Islands) Tiwanaku 34–5 Calatrava, Santiago 128, 135, 142 (Guangzhou) 103
Apolobamba Trek (Bolivia) 82–3 206 Bologna (Italy) 306 California (USA) Causeway Bay–Western Tram (Hong Kong)
Aqaba, Gulf of (Jordan) 228 Bangkok (Thailand), E&O Express 113 Bonampak (Chiapas, Mexico) 41 Anderson Valley Vineyards 276 297
Aquarius, Club (Zagreb) 55 Barbados Bondi Beach (Sydney) 236 Ennis House 143 caves 31, 39, 44–5, 180–1, 252, 254–5, 277,
aqueducts 136–9 Crop Over 78 Bonfire Night (Lewes) 76 Half Dome 150 319
Arabuko-Sokoke National Park (Kenya) Soup Bowl 236–7 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival Napa Valley 249 caving 239
195 Barcelona (Spain), Casa Batlló 143 (Tennessee) 74 Point Reyes National Seashore 88 Cavo Paradiso (Mykonos) 55
Arambol Beach (Goa) 206 Barleycove Beach (Cork) 206 Bora Bora, Matira Beach 208 San Diego 208 Centre Belge de la Bande Desinée (Brussels)
Arc de Triomphe (Paris) 129 Basel (Switzerland), Carnival 79 Boracay (Philippines), White Beach 206 Sea Ranch Chapel (Gualala) 145 277
Arc-et-Senansw (France), Saline Royale 145 Basilica Cistern (Istanbul) 47 Borneo West Coast Swing 219 Cerro de la Bufa (Zacatecas) 313
Arches National Park (Utah) 180 Basilica of St. Francis (Assisi) 99 Jungle 179 Yosemite Falls 175 Cerro Rico (Potosí) 287
Ardèche, River (France) 240 Basilica of St. Peter (Rome) 96, 97, 121 Mount Kinabalu (Sabah) 223 see also Los Angeles; San Diego; César Manrique Foundation (Lanzarote) 274
Åre (Sweden) 215 Basilica San Marco (Venice) 118, 127 Rainforest World Music Festival San Francisco Český Krumlov (Czech Republic) 306
Arena di Verona (Italy) 23 Bath (England) 312 (Sarawak) 56 Calle Occho Latino Festival (Miami) 77 Cestius, Pyramid of (Rome) 13
Arènes de Nîmes (Nîmes) 23 Batha Museum (Fez) 298 Borobudur (Java) 36–7 Calvi (Corsica) 110 Cévennes (France), Stevenson Trail 113

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