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The Kakku Pagoda Complex in Taunggyi

has over 2,500 stupas clustered together

in just one square kilometre. It is a religious

centre of the Pa-O people.

You can now trek the Sinai Trail, Egypt’s

first long-distance public hiking trail, with

Bedouin guides from three different tribes.

It’s a different way to get up close and personal

to the country’s desert landscapes and people.

Geysir in Southwestern Iceland is the original

hot-water spout after which geysers are named.

It can hurl boiling water up to 70 metres in the air.

Fishermen in Southern Sri Lanka perch

themselves on stilts to cast their lines.

The practice is said to have began during food

shortages during WWII. Today, there are more

‘model’ fishermen than real ones on the stilts.

Malaysia has the world’s tallest tropical

rainforest tree in Sabah and you will soon

be able to visit it on a trek. The tree is a yellow

meranti over 94 metres high.

Lemurs are revered and protected by cultural

taboo in Madagascar. They are believed to

have souls that will seek revenge if hunted.

Despite this, they are endangered from

being hunted for meat.

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