INDONESIANUSA TENGGARAThe island just east of Bali, with Rinjani standing over its north end so mountain and sea are never far apart. Most people here are Sasak, so mosques outnumber temples and the call to prayer covers the villages each evening. The dry months run May through September, when the Rinjani route opens.
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ARGENTINAMENDOZAChannels dug through desert below the Andes let this city plant street trees and vineyards. A ditch runs along every road and the trees live on that water. March with April carries the harvest, while November and October carry the blossom.
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ITALYCAMPANIANot one town but some fifty kilometres of coast where the mountains fall sheer to the water, with Amalfi itself the harbour village halfway along. Ravello sits above, Positano west and Cetara east, and you move between them by bus and boat. Boats run from spring to autumn only.
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