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100 journeys for the spirit, sacred, inspiring, mysterious, enlightening, chief contributors, Michael Ondaatje ... [and others] ; foreword by Pico Iyer

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100 journeys for the spirit

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chief contributors, Michael Ondaatje ... [and others] ; foreword by Pico Iyer

sacred, inspiring, mysterious, enlightening

Bryce Canyon (Utah, USA) -- Bighorn Medicine Wheel (Wyoming, USA) -- Nazca Lines (Nazca Desert, Peru) -- Lake Atitlan (Panajachel, Guatemala) -- Canyon de Chelly (Arizona, USA) -- Big Sur (California, USA) -- Tiwanaku (near La Paz, Bolivia) -- Serpent Mound (Ohio, USA) -- Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre (Quebec, Canada) -- Christ the Redeemer statue (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) -- Devils Tower (Wyoming, USA) -- The Great Blue Hole (Lighthouse Reef, Belize) -- Mauna Kea volcano (Hawaii, USA) -- Pyramid of the Magician (Yucatan, Mexico) -- Well of Sacrifice (Chichen Itza, Mexico) -- Wrangell-St Elias National Park (Alaska, USA) -- Pipestone (Minnesota, USA) -- Senanque Abbey (Provence, France) -- The White Horse (Uffington, England) -- Alta Fjord rock carvings (Finnmark, Norway) -- Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta (Torcello, Venice) -- Godafoss waterfall (Myvatn, Iceland) -- Oude Kerk (Amsterdam, Netherlands) -- Carnac (Brittany, France) -- The Ring of Brodgar (Orkney, Scotland) -- St Peter-on-the-wall (Essex, England) -- Aachen Cathedral (Aachen, Germany) -- King's College Chapel (Cambridge, England) -- Talati de Dalt (Menorca, Spain) -- Rocamadour (Gourdon, France) -- Croagh Patrick (County Mayo, Ireland) -- Sainte-Chapelle (Paris, France) -- Valaam Monastery (Valaam, Russia) -- Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk (Zelena Hora, Czech Republic) -- Externsteine (Teutoburger Wald, Germany) -- Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain) -- Aurora Borealis (Norway) -- Rousanou Monastery (Meteora, Greece) -- Convento de Cristo (Tomar, Portugal) -- Movern (near Kinloch, Scotland) -- Gama Uppsala (Uppsala, Sweden) -- Turku Cathedral (Turku, Finland) -- Sogn Benedetg New Chapel (Sumvitg, Switzerland) -- Wistman's Wood (Devon, England) -- Basilica of St Francis (Assisi, Italy) -- Alcobaca Abbey (Alcobaca, Portugal) -- Montalcino & The Abbey of Sant'antimo (Tuscany, Italy) -- The Great Mosque (Djenne, Mali) -- Bethlehem (Bethlehem Municipality, West Bank) -- Mount Sinai (Sinai Peninsula, Egypt) -- Umayyad Mosque (Damascus, Syria) -- Hagia Sophia (Istanbul, Turkey) -- Lalibela (Semien Wollo Zone, Ethopia) -- Temple Mount (Jerusalem, Israel) -- Meroe Pyramids (Meroe, Sudan) -- Matobo Hills (near Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) -- Dogon Shrines (Bandiagara, Mali) -- Mecca (Saudi Arabia) -- Khor Virap Monastery (Ararat Marz, Armenia) -- Petra (Arabah, Jordan) -- Shrine of Imam Reza (Mashhad, Iran) -- Makadikadi Salt Pans (Makadikadi, Botswana) -- Ben Youssef Madrasa (Marrakesh, Morocco) -- Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque (Isfahan, Iran) -- Jama Masjid (New Delhi, India) -- Taktsanag Monastery (Paro, Bhutan) -- Ayutthaya (Ayutthaya Province, Thailand) -- Ranakpur Temple (Rajasthan, India) -- Ryoanji Zen Dry Garden (Kyoto, Japan) -- Holy Footprint (Adam's Peak, Sri Lanka) -- Shwedagon Pagoda (Rangoon, Myanmar) -- Mount Kailash (Gangdise Mountains, Tibet) -- Miyajima Island (Hatsukaichi, Japan) -- Ellora Caves (Maharashtra, India) -- The Bodhi Tree (Bihar, India) -- Yungang Cave Shrines (Shanxi, China) -- Dargah of Nizamuddin (New Delhi, India) -- Ha Long Bay (Quang Ninh, Vietnam) -- Baha'i Lotus Temple (New Delhi, India) -- Arankale Forest Monastery (North Western Province, Sri Lanka) -- Cheju Island (South Korea) -- Pagoda Forest (Shaolin, China) -- Lhasa (Lhasa Prefecture, Tibet) -- Angkor Wat (Angkor, Cambodia) -- Janog & The Temples of Himachal Pradesh (Himachal Pradesh, India) -- Mount Tai (Shandong, China) -- Temple of Heaven (Beijing, China) -- Borobudur (Java, Indonesia) -- Golden Temple (Amritsar, India) -- Fushimi Inari Shrine (Kyoto, Japan) -- Aoraki/Mount Cook (South Island, New Zealand) -- Bungle, Bungle (The Kimberley, Australia) -- Uluru (Northern Territory, Australia) -- Taputapuatea (Raiatea Island, French Polynesia) -- Carnarvon Gorge (Queensland, Australia) -- Mount Ruapehu (Tongariro National Park, New Zealand) -- Kata Tjuta (Northern Territory, Australia) -- Lake Mungo (New South Wales, Australia) -- Nourlangie Rock (Northern Territory, Australia) -- Devils Marbles (Northern Territory, Australia)Essays: Big Sur (Californa, USA) / by Pico Iyer -- Devils Tower (Wyoming, USA) / by Joseph Marshall III -- Pipestone (Minnesota, USA) / by Joseph Marshall III -- Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta (Torcello, Venice) / by Jan Morris -- St Peter-on-the-wall (Essex, England) / by Andrew Motion -- Talatí de Dalt (Menorca, Spain) / by Andrew Morton -- Croagh Patrick (County Mayo, Ireland) / by Jan Morris -- Santiago de Compostela (Galicia , Spain) / by Jan Morris -- Morvern (near Kinloch, Scotland) / by Alexander McCall Smith -- Wistman's Wood (Devon, England) / by Andrew Motion -- Montalcino & The Abbey of Santʹantimo (Tuscany, Italy) / by Alexander McCall Smith -- Umayyad Mosque (Damascus, Syria) / by Jan Morris -- Lalibela (Semien Wollo Zone, Ethiopia) / by Pico Iyer -- Motobo Hills (near Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) / by Alexander McCall Smith -- Petra (Arabah, Jordan) / by Pico Iyer -- Makadikadi Salt Pans (Makadikadi, Botswana) / by Alexander McCall Smith -- Jama Masjid (New Delhi, India) / by Mark Tully -- Ryoanji Zen Dry Garden (Kyoto, Japan) / by Pico Iyer -- Miyajima Island (Hatsukaichi, Japan) / by Andrew Motion -- Dargah of Nizamuddin (New Delhi, India) / by Mark Tully -- Arankale Forest Monastery (North Western Province, Sri Lanka) / by Michael Ondaatje -- Lhasa (Lhasa Prefecture, Tibet ) / by Paul Theroux -- Janog & The Temples of Himachal Pradesh (Himachal Pradesh, India) / by Mark Tully -- Golden Temple (Amritsar, India) / by Mark Tully -- Uluru (Northern Territory, Australia) / by Pico Iyer

One hundred journeys for the spirit