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WanderSleeps: Snow & ice Winter is here! Brave the chill and hunker down in mountain-top towers, treetop boltholes and moving cabins in the coolest climes
Explore 23 Grapevine The latest news and trips in travel 28 Go now: Aqaba As lights double up, we revisit this city’s ancient and aquatic treasures 30 The trip Slow down and take your time on one of these extra-long journeys 36 Eat this Why a Mont Blanc tart is the tiny treat to reckon with this season 38 Head to head: Central American countries Costa Rica’s packed with oceanic beaches, but will it be Belize’s misty Mayan ruins that tempt you? 41 Dream sleep Epic views over Peru’s Sacred Valley await those who dare a stay at Skylodge Adventure Suites 42 Dispatches Encounter scarf-wearing chickens and storytellers alike in rural China
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Discover 162 Your travel tips How to get the most out of Central America, as told by you 165 Just back from Your tales from Albania 167 The Knowledge Tales from the road with Nitin Dhami, silver winner of this year’s World Guide Awards 168 Ask the experts From Indian bus journeys to Peruvian hikes, our experts have the tips to it your trips 170 Instant Expert Spin yourself into a frenzy with Turkey’s Whirling Dervishes 171 Health Dr Jane shares the lowdown on avoiding disease on your travels 172 Gear Our go-to gear guru/stand-in Santa wows with her Xmas gift round-up (warning: wrapping not included) 175 Travel books Hisham Matar inds hope in art in Siena; plus all the latest travel reads
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Three trips from Exodus
Travels– worth up to
£20,000!p44 A trip to Kuala Lumpur and Penang, worth £5,500, with
Malaysian Airlines p86 A walking holiday for two in Portugal, worth £2,000 p148
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Speak your mind regardless of the consequences… conservation isn’t a popularity contest. For more from Kris Tompkins, see our interview on page 34
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This issue mapped
Albania
Antarctica
Aqaba
Argentina
Australia
Belarus
Belize
Canada
Cape Town
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
El Salvador
Falkland Islands
France
Finland
Georgia
Greenland
Guatemala
Honduras
India
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Mongolia
Namibia
Nicaragua
Norway
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Patagonia
Portugal
Saudi Arabia
South Georgia
Sweden
Switzerland
Tajikistan
Tenerife
Thailand
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Wrangel Island
Zimbabwe p79, 165
p33
p28
p34
p31, p186
p85
p164, 165
p75
p177
p32, p34
p42, 171
p136
p165
p83
p88
p33
p164, p165
p31
p36
p89, p91
p96
p91
p165
p164
p46, 167
p77
p36, p92
p70
p32
p65
p32, p81
p30
p83
p31
p66
p68, p164
p33, p91, p92
p75
p165
p167
p72
p81
p85
p31
p33, p89
p92
p32
p179
p30
p32
p32
p30
p116
p79
Tenerife, p179
Georgia, p96
Colombia, p136
Cape Town, p177
Wrangel Island, p116
This issue’s highlights
China, p42
India, p46
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