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The World 2 Preview ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd The World A Traveller’s Guide to the Planet SECOND EDITION Burkina Faso . 154 Gambia, The . 332 Burundi . 156 Georgia . 336 The World Cabo Verde . 158 Germany . 340 Contents Cambodia . 162 Ghana . 348 Cameroon . 170 Greece . 352 Canada . 172 Greenland . 360 Welcome to the World . 4 Cayman Islands . 180 Grenada . 364 World Maps . 6 Central African Guadeloupe . .. 368 Need to Know . 10 Republic . 182 Guam . 372 If You Like… . 12 Chad . 184 Guatemala . 374 Itineraries . 26 Chile . 186 Guinea . 380 Afghanistan . 32 China . 192 Guinea-Bissau . 382 Albania . 34 Colombia . 200 Guyana . 384 Algeria . 38 Comoros & Mayotte . 206 Haiti . 386 Andorra . 40 Congo (DRC) . 208 Honduras . .. 390 Angola . 42 Congo, Republic of the . 210 Hong Kong . 392 Anguilla . 44 Cook Islands . 214 Hungary . 398 Antarctica . 46 Costa Rica . 218 Iceland . 404 Antigua & Barbuda . 50 Côte d’Ivoire . 224 India . 412 Argentina . 54 Croatia . 226 Indonesia . .. 420 Armenia . 62 Cuba . 234 Iran . 426 Aruba, Bonaire Cyprus . 242 Iraq . 434 & Curaçao . 66 Czech Republic . 246 Ireland . 436 Australia . 68 Denmark . 252 Israel & the Palestinian Austria . 76 Djibouti . 256 Territories . 442 Azerbaijan . 82 Dominica . 258 Italy . 448 Bahamas, The . 86 Dominican Republic . 262 Jamaica . 456 Bahrain . 90 Ecuador . 266 Japan . 462 Bangladesh . 92 Egypt . 272 Jordan . 470 Barbados . 96 El Salvador . 278 Kazakhstan . 476 Belarus . 100 England . 280 Kenya . 480 Belgium . 102 Equatorial Guinea . 288 Kiribati . 486 Belize . 106 Eritrea . 290 Kosovo . 488 Benin . 110 Estonia . 292 Kuwait . 490 Bermuda . 112 Ethiopia . 296 Kyrgyzstan . 492 Bhutan . 116 Falkland Islands . 302 Laos . 496 Bolivia . 122 Fiji . 304 Latvia . 502 Bosnia & Hercegovina . 128 Finland . 308 Lebanon . 506 Botswana . 132 France . 314 Lesotho . 510 Brazil . 140 French Guiana . 322 Liberia . 514 Brunei . 146 French Polynesia . 324 Libya . 516 Bulgaria . 150 Gabon . 328 Liechtenstein . 518 2 | THE WORLD CONTENTS Lithuania . 522 Paraguay . 688 Tanzania . 866 Luxembourg . 526 Peru . 690 Thailand . 872 Macau . 530 Philippines . 696 Tibet . 880 Macedonia . 532 Pitcairn Island . 702 Timor-Leste . 886 Madagascar . 536 Poland . 704 Togo . 888 Malawi . 542 Portugal . 710 Tonga . 890 Malaysia . 546 Puerto Rico . 718 Trinidad & Tobago . 894 Maldives . 552 Qatar . 722 Tunisia . 898 Mali . 556 Romania . 726 Turkey . 900 Malta . 558 Russia . 730 Turkmenistan . 906 Marshall Islands . 562 Rwanda . 738 Turks & Caicos . 908 Martinique . 564 Samoa . 742 Tuvalu . 912 Mauritania . 568 San Marino . 746 Uganda . 914 Mauritius . 570 São Tomé & Príncipe . 748 Ukraine . 918 Mexico . 574 Saudi Arabia . 750 United Arab Emirates . 922 Micronesia . 582 Scotland . 754 United States of Moldova . 584 Senegal . 760 America . 926 Monaco . 586 Serbia . 764 Uruguay . 934 Mongolia . 588 Seychelles . 768 Uzbekistan . 938 Montenegro . 592 Sierra Leone . 772 Vanuatu . 942 Morocco . 598 Singapore . 774 Vatican City . 944 Mozambique . 604 Slovakia . 778 Venezuela . 946 Myanmar (Burma) . .. 608 Slovenia . 782 Vietnam . 952 Namibia . 614 Solomon Islands . 786 Virgin Islands, US & British . 960 Nauru . 620 Somalia & Somaliland . 790 Wales . 964 Nepal . 622 South Africa . 792 Yemen . 968 Netherlands, The . 628 South Korea . 798 Zambia . 970 New Caledonia . 634 South Sudan . 804 Zimbabwe . 974 New Zealand . 638 Spain . 806 Nicaragua . 646 Sri Lanka . 814 Index . 978 Niger . 652 St Kitts & Nevis . 822 Acknowledgements . 992 Nigeria . 654 St Lucia . 826 North Korea . 658 St Vincent & Northern Ireland . 660 the Grenadines . 830 Northern Mariana Sudan . 834 Islands . 662 Suriname . 836 Destinations Norway . 664 Swaziland . 838 Africa Oman . 670 Sweden . 842 America Pakistan . 674 Switzerland . 850 Antarctica Palau . 678 Syria . 856 Asia Panama . 680 Taiwan . 858 Australia/Oceania Papua New Guinea . 684 Tajikistan . 862 Europe 3 ©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd Ephesus (Turkey) 901 Tanzania 870 Teyateyaneng Glendalough (Ireland) Tazumal (El Salvador) (Lesotho) 513 437 279 Underwater Sculpture Great Zimbabwe Teotihuacán (Mexico) Park (Grenada) 365 Index (Zimbabwe) 975 577 Village des Artisans A Guge Kingdom (Tibet) terracotta warriors (Cameroon) 171 abbeys 884 (China) 199 Wide Open Walls (Gambia, The) 335 Mont St-Michel Ha’amonga ’a Maui Tiwanaku (Bolivia) 125 Zinder (Niger) 653 (France) 317 Trilithon (Tonga) Tsodilo Hills 891-2 Stift Melk (Austria) (Botswana) 137 79-80 Hadrian’s Wall Twyfelfontein B (England) 281 (Namibia) 618 St Nicholas Abbey beaches 12-13 Ħaġar Qim (Malta) Xunantunich (Belize) (Barbados) 97 Akwidaa (Ghana) 351 560-1 109 adventure sports Hal Saflieni Hypogeum Albanian Riviera 20-1, see also (Malta) 560 architecture (Albania) 36 cycling, diving, Hampi (India) 413 Astana (Kazakhstan) Aleipata (Samoa) 744 hiking & trekking, 477-8 Anse Chastanet (St horse riding, kayak- Heraclea Lyncestis (Macedonia) 535 Baku (Azerbaijan) 83 Lucia) 827 ing, rafting, skiing, Brasília (Brazil) 144 Anse Cocos snorkelling, surfing Jebel Jassassiyeh (Qatar) 724 Casino de Monte Carlo (Seychelles) 771 Botswana 139 (Monaco) 587 Anse Lazio Bicol (Philippines) 699 Jesuit Missions (Paraguay) 689 Cienfuegos (Cuba) (Seychelles) 769-70 Dalat (Vietnam) 959 Las Geel (Somalia & 240-1 Bahía de Las Águi- Disko Island Somaliland) 791 Cour Royale (Burkina las (Dominican (Greenland) 362-3 Republic) 263 Lelu (Micronesia) 583 Faso) 155 Gibbon Experience Baltic beaches Leptis Magna (Libya) Eiffel Tower (France) (Laos) 499-500 (Poland) 707 517 315 Lapland (Finland) 309 Black Sea (Bulgaria) Machu Picchu (Peru) Jesuit Mission Circuit Mérida (Venezuela) 947 152 691 (Bolivia) 126 Queenstown (New Bondi Beach Mnajdra Temples Kizhi (Russia) 736 Zealand) 645 (Australia) 74 (Malta) 560-1 Kuwait Towers (Kuwait) Tasiilaq (Greenland) Busua (Ghana) 351 moai (Chile) 187 491 363 Cap Skirring (Senegal) Moenjodaro (Pakistan) Levuka (Fiji) 307 te ano (Tuvalu) 913 763 676-7 Mehmet Paša Vang Vieng (Laos) 497 Sokolović Bridge Cape Three Points Nan Madol (Ghana) 351 archaeological sites (Micronesia) 583 (Bosnia & Hercegovina) 130 Eagle Beach (Aruba, Abydos (Egypt) 276 Nazca Lines (Peru) 694 Bonaire & Curaçao) Al Zubara (Qatar) 725 Pafos (Cyprus) 243 Paro Dzong (Bhutan) 120 67 Altun Ha (Belize) 108 Palenque (Mexico) 575 Punakha Dzong Elbow Beach Anuradhapura (Sri Persepolis (Iran) 427 (Bhutan) 119 (Bermuda) 115 Lanka) 815 Petra (Jordan) 471 Rotterdam Goa (India) 418 Ayuthaya (Thailand) Pompeii (Italy) 449 (Netherlands) 629 Grace Bay Beach 877 Pont du Gard (France) Santo Domingo (Turks & Caicos) 909 Brú na Bóinne (Ireland) 320 Grand Anse (Grenada) 440 (Dominican Pulemelei Mound Republic) 263 365-6 Butrint (Albania) 36 (Samoa) 745 Stari Most (Bosnia & Grande Anse Caesarea (Israel) 446 Qobustan Petroglyph Hercegovina) 129 (Guadeloupe) 371 Carthage (Tunisia) 899 Reserve (Azerbaijan) Sydney Opera House Grande Anse des Chavín de Huántar 85 (Australia) 69 Salines (Martinique) (Peru) 694 565 Qohaito (Eritrea) 291 Tokyo (Japan) 463 Chichén Itzá (Mexico) Ha’atafu Beach Roman ruins (Jordan) tǔlóu roundhouses 579-80 (Tonga) 893 471 (China) 199 Choqa Zanbil (Iran) 431 San Agustín Half Moon Bay (Ant- Copán (Honduras) 391 (Colombia) 204 arts & crafts igua & Barbuda) 53 Cradle of Humankind Sigiriya Rock (Sri Bereg (Hungary) 402 Hidden Coves (South Africa) 796 Lanka) 817 Kuru Art Project (Bahamas) 87-8 Dir’aiyah (Saudi Stari Bar (Montenegro) (Botswana) 139 Kenya 484 Arabia) 752 596 Shiraz (Iran) 433 Lara Beach (Cyprus) El Mirador (Guatemala) Sukhothai Historical silk in Margilon 244-5 378 Park (Thailand) 878 (Uzbekistan) 941 Levera (Grenada) 366 978 | A–C Maracas Bay (Trinidad Pilsner (Czech Fish River Canyon caves & Tobago) 895 Republic) 250 (Namibia) 615 Ajanta (India) 417 Marigot Bay (St Lucia) birdwatching, see Grand Canyon (USA) Blue Grotto (Croatia) 829 also wildlife- 929 231-2 Mauritius 573 watching Tupiza (Bolivia) 126 Christian’s Cave (Pit- Morne Rouge Bay (Gre- Abuko Nature Reserve castles & palaces cairn Island) 703 nada) 367 (Gambia, The) 334 Alhambra (Spain) Cockpit Country Mudjin Harbor (Turks Asa Wright Nature 807 (Jamaica) 460 & Caicos) 909 Centre (Trinidad & Beaufort Castle Crystal Cave Oaxaca Coast (Mexico) Tobago) 896 (Luxembourg) 528 (Bermuda) 114 580 Awash National Park Belgium 105 Cuba 239 Obyan Beach (North- (Ethiopia) 300 Bran Castle (Romania) Dwarf’s Cave (Samoa) ern Marianas) 663 Bird Island 727 743-4 Paynes Bay (Barbados) (Seychelles) 769 Burg Gutenberg Eisriesenwelt (Austria) 98 Botswana 138-9 (Liechtenstein) 520 80 Pemba (Tanzania) 870 Croatia 231 Cape Coast Castle Fantasy Cave Petite Côte & Frigate Bird Sanctuary (Ghana) 349 (Bermuda) 114 Siné-Saloum Delta (Antigua & Barbuda) Castle Hill (Hungary) Jeita Grotto (Lebanon) (Senegal) 763 51-2 401 508 Petra tou Romiou Lago de Yojoa Changdeokgung Postojna Cave (Cyprus) 243-4 (Honduras) 391 (South Korea) 799 (Slovenia) 784-5 Pigeon Point (Trinidad Parc National des Château de Vianden Sawa-i-Lau (Fiji) 305-6 & Tobago) 896 Oiseaux du Djoudj (Luxembourg) 527 Swallows’ Cave (Tonga) Pink Sands Beach (Senegal) 762 Conwy Castle (Wales) 893 (Bahamas) 87 boating 966 Tham Kong Lor (Laos) Pinney’s Beach (St 500 Aappilattoq Crac des Chevaliers Kitts & Nevis) 823 (Greenland) 363 (Syria) 857 Vieng Xai Caves (Laos) 499 Playa Rincón (Domini- Hurtigruten Coastal Crusader castles can Republic) 263 Ferry (Norway) 665 (Jordan) 473 Waitomo Caves (New Zealand) 645 Popoyo (Nicaragua) Kerala (India) 417-18 Diocletian’s Palace 650 Lake Koman Ferry (Croatia) 232 cemeteries & tombs Puerto Rico 719 (Albania) 35 Forbidden City (China) Cementerio
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