1. Sierra High Route, California. Length: 195 miles. The Trip: The route cuts south-north through the heart of California’s High…
Dadès Gorges Mountain Pass, Morocco Winding through Morocco’s Dadès Valley between the Atlas Mountains and the Anti-Atlas mountain range, the…
1. Sani Pass, South Africa /Lesotho You need a 4x4 to traverse South Africa’s notorious Sani Pass – and only if…
HISTORY. Beginnings. The first humanoids (Homo erectus) lived in Central Java 500,000 years ago having reached Indonesia across land bridges…
Palau (sometimes spelled Belau or Pelew), officially the Republic of Palau (Palauan: Beluu er a Belau), is an island country…
Gabon is a wildlife Eden in West Africa, with 13 national parks covering 11 percent of its landmass, including megafauna…
JIANGXI (pop 43 million) Jiangxi is just east of Hunan and north of Guangdong and Hong Kong. It is an interconnected…
Hunan (pop. 66 million) The birthplace of Mao Zedong, Hunan is important historically. Communist Party enthusiasts can visit Shaoshan to…
Karst topography is a landscape formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. It is…