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ContentsMAY/JUNE2012•ISSUE128 360° 6 | World in pictures Sumatra, the Himalaya and one very relaxed leopard... caught on lens 12 | Shortcuts A planet’s worth of travel news 14 | Gonow! Four great spring breaks: from wolves in Poland to Russian all-nighters 16 | 10thingstodoforfreein... Helsinki – top tips to stretch your Finnish finances 18 | HilaryBradttalks... on why cruises aren’t as cringey as you think... From the road 29 | Snapshots Your views from around the world to turn us green with envy 30 | Letters etc... Emails, blogs, photos and chat from readers around the world. This issue: going to Burma, gone to Burma and come back from Vietnam 34 | Just Back From… Artistic Latvia, glacial New Zealand, northern lights-free Iceland and the wild United States Cover feature 25 TRIPS FOR UNDER £250 Features 76 20 | Gorilla-watching,Uganda TV presenter and naturalist Mark Carwardine has seen a lot of wildlife – here’s why meeting great apes is up there with the best 36 | Israel Last issue Matthew Teller explored Palestine; this issue he ventures the other side of the wall... 46 | TravelIcon:Antarctica Dive under, camp on, ski across... as ever more adventurous options become available we help you plan your trip to the White Continent 76 | 25tripsforunder£250 We threw down the year’s biggest travel challenge (and some money) and you accepted with aplomb. Find out how – and, more importantly, where – our 25 travel-hardened readers spent our cash 114 | BritishEscape:coastalWales The massive Wels h Coast Path – covering the whole of Wales – has just opened. David Atkinson tests out its most interesting corner THE FUTURE MAPPING COMPANY Like thismap? To buy a similar wall map, visit www.futuremaps.co.uk 114Wales 20Uganda
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Navigator 67 | Howto... spot tigers, take a bath in Japan (naked, naturally...) and eat pizza in Naples 69 | Gear Ten bits of great-value gear 70 | Health Too terrified to travel? Help is on hand for phobia-stricken adventurers 72 | Photo tips Get ready for your close-ups – expert tips on snapping details 74 | Q&A Trans-Siberian help, camera bag queries and what to do with just a week in NZ Arrivals 122 | Books Get reacquainted with a lost classic 125 | WorldMusic Cameroonian jazz-legend Manu Dibango celebrates 60 years of inspiration 126 | Worlddiary Wild, weird and wonderful happenings across the globe. Your wallet will weep 127 | What’son:UKevents Music, rock oysters and Michael Palin chatting to Dervla Murphy 128 | What’son:screen The Masai Mara’s superstars hit the big screen in African Cats Pocket Guides POCKETGUIDES Thebitsoftheguidebookyoureallyneed CALCUTTA 133 P133 First24hoursCalcuttaGettingdownanddirtyinthethrivingBengalimetropolis P135 ShortbreakVilniusIstheLithuaniancapitaltheperfectcitybreak? P137 TravelIconMarlboroughSoundsDiscoveringNewZealand’shiddenbays VILNIUS 135 133 | Calcutta, India How to survive West Bengal’s chaotic capital 135 | Vilnius, Lithuania History, architecture and some tasty treats: the perfect city break? 137 | Marlborough Sounds, NewZealand Hike, bike and boat around the South Island’s idyllic inlets MARLBOROUGHSOUNDS 137 Seep131 Finland p16 36Israel Vilnius p135 46Antarctica Calcutta p133 Madagascar p18 FREE GUIDEBOOKFOREVERY READER We’ve teamed up with Culture Smart!, W w t e a g the essential guides to etiquette and culture abroad, to offer a free guide (P&P only) to all our readers. See page 91 for details NewZealand p137

ContentsMAY/JUNE2012•ISSUE128

360°

6 | World in pictures Sumatra, the Himalaya and one very relaxed leopard... caught on lens 12 | Shortcuts A planet’s worth of travel news 14 | Gonow! Four great spring breaks: from wolves in Poland to Russian all-nighters 16 | 10thingstodoforfreein... Helsinki – top tips to stretch your Finnish finances 18 | HilaryBradttalks... on why cruises aren’t as cringey as you think...

From the road

29 | Snapshots Your views from around the world to turn us green with envy 30 | Letters etc... Emails, blogs, photos and chat from readers around the world. This issue: going to Burma, gone to Burma and come back from Vietnam 34 | Just Back From… Artistic Latvia, glacial New Zealand, northern lights-free Iceland and the wild United States

Cover feature

25 TRIPS FOR UNDER £250

Features

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20 | Gorilla-watching,Uganda TV presenter and naturalist Mark Carwardine has seen a lot of wildlife – here’s why meeting great apes is up there with the best 36 | Israel Last issue Matthew Teller explored Palestine; this issue he ventures the other side of the wall... 46 | TravelIcon:Antarctica Dive under, camp on, ski across... as ever more adventurous options become available we help you plan your trip to the White Continent

76 | 25tripsforunder£250 We threw down the year’s biggest travel challenge (and some money) and you accepted with aplomb. Find out how – and, more importantly, where – our 25 travel-hardened readers spent our cash

114 | BritishEscape:coastalWales The massive Wels h Coast Path – covering the whole of Wales – has just opened. David Atkinson tests out its most interesting corner

THE FUTURE MAPPING COMPANY

Like thismap? To buy a similar wall map, visit www.futuremaps.co.uk

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