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Introduction: Glimpses into the formative Years

Chapter One: Latin America

Argentina: Borges
Ecuador: The Valley of Volcanoes
Colombia: The Llanos Oriental and Bogotá
Peru: The Amazon River
Cuba
    Los Aquáticos
    Santería

Chapter Two: Africa

Zaïre (Democratic Republic of Congo): The Congo River
Mali
    The Dogon Country
    The Niger River and Timbuktu

Ethiopia
    Lake Tana
    Gonder
    The Simiens
    Aksum: The Ark of the Covenant
    Harar: Rimbaud

Chapter Three: Europe

Iceland
The Faroes
Scotland: Barra
France: The Pyrenees
Italy
    Naples
    Stromboli

Chapter Four: Asia

Yemen: The Empty Quarter
Russia: The Trans-Siberian Express
Burma (Myanmar): The Irrawaddy River

Nepal: Mount Everest

 

Chapter Four: Asia (cont.)

India: Kashmir and Ladakh
Japan: Nagano-Ken
China
    Lijiang and Dr Ho
    Emei Shan
    Leshan
    The Yangtze River
    The Silk Road: Yining
    The Silk Road: The Taklimakan Desert

Pakistan: The Karakoram Highway
Mongolia
    The Eagle-hunters of Bayan-Ölgii
    The Throat-singer of Chandmani

Tibet
    Mount Kailash
    The Kingdom of Guge

India: Rishikesh

Chapter Five: The Pacific

French Polynesia: Huahine
The Cook Islands
    Rarotonga
    Aitutaki

Fiji
    Levuka
    The Yasawas

Tonga: The Mutiny on the Bounty
Vanuatu: Tanna and the Jon Frum Cargo Cult
Papua New Guinea: The Trobriand Islands and Malinowski
The Solomon Islands
    Ghizo
    Marovo Lagoon and Head-hunting
    Malaita and Shark-worshipping

Samoa
Kiribati
Easter Island

 

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