AUCKLAND 's urban sprawl completely smothers the North Island's wasp waist, a narrow isthmus where the island is all but severed by river estuaries probing inland from the city's two harbours. To the west, the shallow and silted Manukau...
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To ancient travellers along the Kathmandu-Tibet trade route, the ten-kilometre corridor from Pashupatinath to Sankhu was known as the zone of siddhi (supernatural powers), where guardian deities dwelt and all wishes were granted. The biggest,...
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Just over fifteen minutes from Amsterdam by train, HAARLEM is an easily absorbed city of around 150,000 people that sees itself as a cut above its neighbours and makes a good alternative base for exploring the province of North Holland, or...
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