Sri Lanka: Kingdom of Sacred Trails

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Marco Polo dubbed Sri Lanka “the finest island in the world”, and visitors continue to be seduced by the warm air, the endless rich green foliage, ancient archaeological cities, mystical temples, rock fortresses, the luxuriant swirls of the Sinhalese alphabet, the multicoloured Buddhist flags, and the variety of saries, fruit, jewellery and spices on sale… Read more »

China: The Wonders of Yunnan & Tibet

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We’ll travel back to Guilin to catch our flight to Kunming. Here we’ll have two nights with time to explore the Bamboo Temple and discover the limestone karst outcrop known as the Stone Forest. The journey to the forest is as beautiful as the landscape that surrounds it. Scattered around the stone forest are villages populated by the local ethnic minority, the Sani.