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Libya (cont.) Marlborough (New Zealand) 248 Monkey Bay (Tioman Island) 207 Napili Bay (Hawai‘i) 193 Norway (cont.) INDEX
Jebel Acacus 254 wine tour by bike 115 Mont Blanc’s Haute Route (France/ Naples (Italy) 24 Voss 214
Leptis Magna 22, 45, 89 Marrakech (Morocco) 298 Switzerland) 91, 115 Naqa (Sudan) 10–11 Notre-Dame d’Amiens 140–1
Sabratha 198 Koutoubia Minaret 126 Montana (USA), Glacier National Park 181 Nara (Japan) 39 Notre-Dame du Haut (Ronchamp) 144
Lighthouse Reef (Belize) 228 Saadian Tombs 145 Montenegro Nasser, Lake (Egypt) 100–1 Notre-Dame de Paris 140
Lijiang (China) 322 Villa Majorelle 274 Mimosa Festival (Herceg Novi) 78 Natchez Trace Parkway Drive (Mississippi/ Nova Scotia (Canada) 88
Limoux (France), Carnival 78 Masai Mara (Kenya), horse Safaris 239 Queen’s Beach 206 Tennessee) 114 Nullabor Desert (Australia) 95
Lincoln Park (San Francisco) 310 Massachusetts (USA), Tanglewood Music Montevideo (Uruguay) 325 National Automobile Museum (Reno) 292 Nungwi (Zanzibar) 208
Lincoln’s Inn Fields (London) 284 Festival 269 Montezuma Beach (Costa Rica) 199 National Maritime Museum (London) 284 Nuraghi (Sardinia) 46
Lisbon (Portugal) Masterton (New Zealand), Golden Shears 78 Montpellier (France), Aqueduc St-Clement National Museum of Mali (Bamako) 275 Nusantara Museum (Delft) 280
Águes Livres Aqueduct 139 Mata Atlântica (Brazil) 178 139 Nemrut Dagi (Turkey) 46
Fado Museum 277 Matira Beach (Bora Bora) 208 Montreal (Canada) Neolithic period 16–17, 27 O
Lithuania, Curonian Spit 180 Maui (Hawai‘i) 193 cuisine 256 Nepal O‘ahu (Hawai‘i) 193
Ljunghusen Golf Course (Sweden) 225 Mauna Loa (Hawai‘i) 222 Jazz Festival 68–9 Annapurna 90–1 Obelisco (Buenos Aires) 129
Llama Trek (Bolivia) 113 Mayan civilization 40–1, 46, 198 Montreux (Switzerland) elephant polo 241 Ocracoke Island (North Carolina) 203
Llandudno Beach (Cape Town) 207 Mazatlán (Mexico) Jazz Festival 69 Everest Base Camp 90 Odessa (Ukraine) 324
Lloyd Wright, Frank 142, 143 Carnival 52 Monument Valley (Utah) 182 Everest Marathon 217 Ofu Beach (American Samoa) 209
Locarno (Switzerland), Film Festival 263 Route 15 86 Moon Festival (Sydney) 321 Karnali River 238 Olinda (Brazil) 53
Loire Valley (France) 45, 47, 239 Mekong river (Cambodia/Vietnam) 113, Morne Rouge (Grenada) 208 Netherlands, the Oman
Lollapalooza (Chicago) 75 153 Morocco Amsterdam 67, 101, 251, 280 Erum 44
London (England) 282–5 Melanesia, New Caledonia Barrier Reef 182 Ait Benhaddou 44 carambole pool 240 Frankincense Trail 112
British Museum 122 Melbourne (Australia) camel-trekking 241 Delft 280–1 Omayyad Mosque (Damascus) 144
Dennis Severs’ House 276 cuisine 256 Coastal North Africa 89 Groningen 322 Onam (Kerala) 77
The Gherkin (30 St Mary Axe) 135 International Arts Festival 63 Drâa Valley Drive 114 The Hague (Den Haag) 281 Open-Air Ethnographic Museum (Riga) 305
marathon 216 Melnikov House (Moscow) 145 Erg Chebbi 181 Kröller-Müller Museum 251 Orchha (India) 109
Photographers’ Gallery 274 Mencius Temple (Zoucheng) 131 Essaouira 56–7, 208 Neue Zollhof (Düsseldorf) 134 orchids 167, 182
The Proms 268 Mendoza (Argentina), wine-tasting 248–9 Fez 56, 298–9 Nevada Museum of Art (Reno) 292 Oregon (USA), Columbia Gorge 248
Sir John Soane’s Museum 277, 283 Menton (France), Citrus Festival 79 High Atlas Mountains 233 Nevada (USA) Orient Express 93
Tower of London 42 Mérida (Spain) Marathon des Sables 241 Burning Man 78 Orinoco River 152–3
Long Reef Beach (Sydney) 320 Anfiteatro 139 Marrakech 126, 145, 274, 297 Las Vegas 292 Orkney Islands (Scotland)
Longmen Caves (China) 31 Aqueducto de los Milagros 139 Sahara camel Caravans 113 Reno 292 Ring o’Brodgar 17
Lopé National Park (Gabon) 165 Meringue, Dominican Republic 219 Sidi Ifni 322 New Caledonia Barrier Reef (Melanesia) 182 Sanday 201
Lopes Mendez (Ilha Grande) 207 Merletto, Museo del (Venice) 302 Moscow (Russia) New England’s Fall (USA) 166 Skara Brae 27
Los Angeles (USA) Meroe, Pyramids of (Sudan) 10–11 Melnikov House 145 New Haven (USA), International Festival of Oruro (Bolivia), Carnival 76
Garden Grove Church 144 Mesa Verde National Park (Colorado) 30 Shukhov Tower 143 Arts and Ideas 65 Oscar Niemeyer, Museu (Curitiba) 145
Sunset Limited 95 Meteoras monasteries (Greece) 45 State Museum of V V Mayakovsky 277 New Jersey (USA), Cape May 208 Osorno (Chile) 155
Walt Disney Concert Hall 132 Mexico mosques 118–19, 120–1, 122, 123, 126, 142, New Mexico (USA) Ostend (Belgium), Dead Rat Ball 77
Lourdes (France) 98 Bay of Cortez 113 144 Bandalier National Monument 31 Ostia Antica (Rome) 261
Louvre, Musée de (Paris) 244 Bonampak 41 Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Stari Rio Grande Gorges 182 Oud Festival (Jerusalem) 79
Love Parade (Germany) 66 Chichén Itzá 40 Most 47 Santa Fe 323 Overland Track (Australia) 238
Lower Franconia (Bavaria) 266 Copper Canyon 159 motor racing 240 Taos 325 Oxwich Bay (Wales) 209
Luang Prabang (Laos) 323 Cozumel 204 motorcycle racing 234–5 New Museum (New York) 272
Luangwa Valley (Zambia) 165 Edzná 41 Motovun (Croatia), Film Festival 263 New Orleans (USA) 95 P
Lugo (Spain), Roman Walls 46 Great Pyramid of Cholula 12 Mount Athos (Greece) 119 New York State (USA) Pacific Crest Trail (USA/Canada) 115
Luka Korculanska (Croatia) 209 Las Pozas 276 Mount Augustus (Western Australia) 150 canals 113 Padua (Italy), Giotto Frescoes, Capella degli
Lumberjack World Championships Majahuitas 207 Mount Carmel (Israel) 138 Finger Lakes 183 Scrovegni 274
(Wisconsin) 240 Mazatlan 52 Mount Davidson (San Francisco) 311 New York (USA) 288–91 Paestum (Italy) 45
lunar rainbows (Victoria Falls) 182 Mexico City 144, 238, 313 Mount Kilimanjaro (Kenya/Tanzania) 220 art galleries 270–3 Painted Canyon (North Dakota) 183
Luzern (Switzerland) 322 Palenque 44 Mount Kinabalu (Malaysia) 223 Daily News Building 142 Pak Ou Caves (Laos) 39
Lycian coast (Turkey) 113 Pan-American Highway 89 Mount Rushmore (South Dakota) 250 Halloween Parade 67 Pakistan
Lyon (France), Cuisine 256–7 Peña de Bernal 151 Mount Sinai (Egypt) 119 Manhattan 128 Concordia (Karakoram Range) 91
Puerto Esconido 86, 204 Mount Stanley (Uganda/Democratic St. Patrick’s Day 60 Khyber Pass Steam Safari 114
M Route 15 86–7 Republic of Congo) 220–1 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 142 Palace on Wheels (India) 92–3
Macau Grand Prix 235 Tulum 198 Mount Vesuvius (Italy) 24 Studio Museum (Harlem) 277 Palacio Ortiz Basualdo (Buenos Aires) 129
Machu Picchu (Peru) 32, 82 Yucatán Peninsula 41, 204 Mount Wilhelm (Papua New Guinea) 222 TWA Building 145 Palais de l’Elysée (Paris) 129
Madagascar 165 Zacatecas 313 mountain-biking 230–1 World’s Fair 144 Palais des Papes (Avignon) 64
Tsingy de Bemaraha Nature Reserve 183 Mexico City (Mexico) 313 mountainboarding 239 New Zealand Palau, Blue Corner 229
Madeira (Portugal) 111 Unam Library 144 Moyen Age, Musée National du (Paris) 244, Auckland 191 Palawan (Philippines) 208
Madhopur (India) 93 wrestling 238 246 Cathedral Cove 206 Palazzo Ducale (Urbino) 47
Madrassah Mir-i-Arab (Bukhara) 143 Miami (USA) Moyobamba (Peru), Orchids 167 Marlborough wine region 115, 248 Palazzo Querini Stampalia (Venice) 302
Madurai (India) 109 Calle Occho Latino Festival 77 Mud Festival (Boryeong) 79 Masterton 78 Palenque (Mexico) 44
Magellan Strait (Chile) 160 Miami Beach 188 Muizenberg Beach (Cape Town) 191 Milford Track 112 Palio (Asti/Sienna) 72–3
Magens Bay (US Virgin Islands) 186 South Beach 204 Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda) 163 Queenstown 77, 322 Palm Beach (Australia) 320
Maiden Castle (England) 44 Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig 128 Muri Lagoon (Raratonga) 209 Rotorua 238 Palmyra (Syria) 27
Majahuitas (Mexico) 207 Miho Museum (Shigaraki) 276 Murujuga (Australia) 255 Tongariro National Park 169 Pan-American Highway 89
Malaysia Milagros, Aqueducto de los (Mérida) 139 Musawwarat (Sudan) 10 Waitomo Caves 181 Panama
Borneo Jungle 179 Milford Track (New Zealand) 112 museums and galleries 274–7 Niagara Falls (Canada/USA) 173 Camino Real trek 115
Kuala Lumpur 277 Milk Beach (Sydney) 320 architectural marvels 134–5, 142, 145 Nidaros Cathedral (Trondheim) 98 Pan-American Highway 89
Mount Kinabalu (Borneo) 223 Millau Bridge (France) 144 Hong Kong 296 Nielson Park Beach (Sydney) 320 Panama Canal 142
Pangkor Laut 208 Mílos (Greece), Sarakíniko Beach 209 London 122, 283 Niemeyer, Oscar 143, 145 Panay Island (Philippines) 52–3
Sarawak 56, 180, 182 Mimosa Festival (Herceg Novi) 78 New York 142, 270, 272, 273 Nieuwe Kerk (Delft) 280 Pancha Rathas (Mamallapuram) 45
Teluk Intan 126 Mina El Eden (Zacatecas) 313 Paris 244, 246, 247 Niger River 153 Pangkor Laut (Malaysia), Emerald Bay 208
Tioman Island 207 Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple (Madurai) Rome 258–9, 260, 261 Nile River 10 Pantanal (Brazil) 182
Maldives, Ihuru 200–1 107, 109 Venice 302 Nile cruise 100 Papua New Guinea
Mali Mindo-Nambillo Cloud Forest (Ecuador) see also museums and galleries by name Nîmes (France) Mount Wilhelm 222
Bamako 275 176–7 music 54–5, 56–7, 63, 64–5, 68–9, 74–5, 76, Arènes de Nîmes 23 trekking 233
Djenné 142 Minnesota (USA), St. Paul Winter Carnival 78–9, 132–3, 135, 268–9, 275 Pont du Gard 136 Trobriand Islands 240
Festival in the Desert 56 77 music venues (New York) 290 Ningaloo (Australia) 241 Tufi 228
Pays Dogon 76 Minoan civilization 26 Mycenaean civilization 26 Nissim de Camondo, Musée (Paris) 244, 247 Paraguay, Río Paraguay 153
Malmö (Sweden), Turning Torso 135 Mission District (San Francisco) 309 Mykonos (Greece) 55 Noirmoutier (France) 207 Parintins (Brazil), Boi-Bumba 77
Malta, Megalithic Temples 17 Mission Dolores (San Francisco) 310 Non Nuoc Beach (Danang) 190 Paris (France) 314–17
Mamaia (Romania) 54–5 Mississippi (USA), Natchez Trace Parkway N Norfolk Broads (England) 101 art galleries 244–7
Mamallapuram (India), Pancha Rathas 45 Drive 114 Naadam (Mongolia) 73 North Carolina (USA), Ocracoke Island 203 Champs-Elysées 129
Manaus (Brazil), Amazon Theatre 275 Mljet (Croatia) 170 Namibia North Cyprus, Golden Beach 201 cuisine 257
Mandai Orchid Garden (Singapore) 182 Mnajdra Megalithic Temples (Malta) 17 Bosluisbaii 207 North Dakota (USA), Painted Canyon 183 marathon 216–17
Manhattan (New York) 128 Modern Art, Museum of (MoMA) (New York) Fish River Canyon 94, 180 North Fort (Sydney) 320 Notre-Dame de Paris 140
Manzanillo (Mexico) 86 270 Skeleton Coast drive 115 North Korea, Ryugyong Hotel (Pyongyang) River Seine 101
Manzanillo Beach (Costa Rica) 199 Mombassa (Kenya) 195 Sossusvlei (Namib Desert) 183 144 Parkland Walk (London) 284
Marais district (Paris) 316 Momenta Art in Williamsburg (New York) Namsan (Gyeongju) 293 Northern Ireland, Tandragee 100 234–5 parks and gardens
marathons 216–17, 241 273 Nancy (France) 325 Northern Lights (Greenland) 182 Hong Kong 296
Maravillas, Cuevas de la (Dominican monasteries 44, 45, 46, 47, 119, 170, 232–3 Villa Majorelle 145 Norway London 284
Republic) 255 Mongolia Nantes (France), La Folle Journée de fjörds 160 New York 290
Mardi Gras, Gay & Lesbian (Sydney) on horseback 115 Nantes 76 Heddal Stavkirke 142 San Francisco 310
66–7 Naadam 73 Napa Valley (California) 249 Trondheim 98 Parliament House (Canberra) 142

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