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.Il ¦ 'L'iii'iJi'tti.'g^^^^ii NTRODUCTION ¦ 15 The Allure of India Travellers have been captivated since early times by India's awesome diversity of peoples, cultures and landscapes India has always welcomed and inlrigued the traveller. In 1897, Mark Twain described it as "the land of...

important to know something of the state's past. The first section, therefore, covers California s wide-ranging history and lively culture in author-itative essays written by experts. ¦ The main Places section, broken down into Northern and Southern California, provides a full run-down of all...

1 . !* Boli - Island of Gods and Demons_ Rangda and Barong, the Balinese personifications of black and white magic, pit their individual strengths against each other. It is a desperate struggle, where each is fighting to gain (he upper hand. And yet, the Balinese know that neither of them...

Bangkok - a Challenge to the Senses Few cities fire tiie traveller's imagination in tfie same way as Bangkok. Golden temples, palm-shaded canals and classical dancers are just some of tlie evocative images that appear on postcards and in picture books. Yet Bangkok is more than just a treat for...

Turkey - Land of Many Faces From the shimmering Aegean in the west to the remote slopes of Mount Ararat in the east, Turkey's enormous variety of landscape is matched only by its rich historical and cultural heritage. Astride the watery border between Europe and Asia, east and west, Turkey has...

über das Buch I ? >. ¦ '¦. i Um Indien mit seiner Jahrtausende alten Kultur und in seiner faszinierenden Vielfalt zu entdecken, ist mehr als eine Reise nötig. Dieses Land erfüllt alles, was man an speziellen Urlaubswünschen nur haben kann: Trecking im Himalaya, eine Fotosafari in den...

about this book This guidebook combines the interests and enthusiasms of two of the world's best-known information providers: Insight Guides, whose titles have set the standard for visual travel guides since 1970, and Discovery Channel, the world's premier source of nonfiction television...