Lonely Planet`s establishers recommand 25 amazing places to experience!

Photo. Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa. The watery expanses of the Okavango Delta. Each year the mighty flow of the Okavango river spreads out from Angola and gradually dries up as it sprawls towards the Kalahari river. Here visitors can explore the waterways on dugout canoes known as mokoro. © Travel Explorations.

Read more about it on The Guardian, published on Saturday 6 October 2007: http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2007/oct/06/saturday.travelbooks?page=all

• Lizard Island, Australia
• Berkeley, California
• Rangiroa, French Polynesia
• Hanoi, Vietnam
• South Georgia
• Kathmandu, Nepal
• Coast-to-Coast Walk, England
• Tbilisi, Georgia
• Naples, Italy
• Ubud, Bali
• The Marais, Paris
• Wadi Methkandoush, Libya
• Okavango Delta, Botswana 
• Yangshuo, China
• Isfahan, Iran - Many visitors are inclined to agree with the 16th-century accolade that "Isfahan is half the world." The magnificent Imam Square with its stunning mosques and palace and the nearby bazaar is the town's main attraction, but a stroll along the Zayandeh river, interrupted by glasses of tea at the teahouses on the beautiful bridges, is an equally important part of the Isfahan experience.
• Nemegt, Mongolia
• East Berlin, Germany
• Kelimutu, Flores, Indonesia
• Mount Fuji, Japan - Don't plan on a return trip - "A wise man climbs Fuji once; only a fool climbs it twice."
• The Simpson Desert, Australia
• Damascus, Syria
• Cusco, Peru - It's the Kathmandu of Peru, packed with shops, restaurants, art galleries and hotels. The cobblestoned streets are lined by beautifully crafted Inca stone walls. There are also plenty of museums and churches, reflecting the pre-invasion Inca history and the post-invasion Spanish influence. But Cusco is only the starting point for travels further afield whether it's a host of nearby Inca sites or the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.
• GR20, Corsica
• Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Far north Canada

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Stein Morten Lund, 10 October 2007