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721. Latitude: 14.5667 Longitude: -90.7333 Where: Start in Antigua, Guatemala When: All year

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722. Latitude: 14.3489Â°N Longitude: 3.6091Â°W Where: Dogon Country, Mali When: November to February to avoid the heat

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355

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727. Latitude: 14.0228Â°N Longitude: 99.5328Â°E

728. !

Where: Kanchanaburi, Thailand

Latitude: 13.8267

When: All year

Longitude: 89.6242

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731.

Latitude: 13.9054Â°N

Latitude: 13.7563 Â°N

Longitude: 4.5560Â°W

Longitude: 100.5018 Â°E

Longitude: 100.5018 Â°W

Where: DjennĂŠ, Mali

Where: Bangkok

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732. ! Latitude: 13.4120 Longitude: 103.8646

Where: Siem Reap province, Cambodia When: All year

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743.

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Ethiopia

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NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

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744. Latitude: 11.5500

Longitude: 104.9167 Where: Bugs CafĂŠ, Phnom Penh,

Cambodia When: All year

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746.

Latitude: 11.1649Â°N

Latitude: 11.2882Â°N Longitude: 74.1517Â°W

Longitude: 4.3052Â°W

Where: Tayrona National Natural Park, Colombia

Where: Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

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747. Latitude: 11.0382Â°N Longitude: 73.9252Â°W

Where: Ciudad Perdida, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia When: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a simpler hike in the dry season, December to March

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749.

750.

Latitude: 11.0067

Latitude: 10.8505Â°N

Latitude: 10.7444Â°N

Longitude: 106.5132

Longitude: 76.2711Â°E

Longitude: 75.2414Â°W

Where: Cu Chi district,

Where: Kerala, India

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753.

754.

Latitude: 10.6731Â°N

Latitude: 10.6617Â°N

Latitude: 10.3910Â°N

Longitude: 85.0150Â°W

Longitude: 61.5194Â°W

Longitude: 75.4794Â°W

Where: Tenorio National Park,

Where: Port of Spain, Trinidad

Where: Cartagena, Colombia

Costa Rica

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756.

Latitude: 10.3910Â°N

Latitude: 10.3026Â°N

Longitude: 75.4794Â°W

Longitude: 84.7959Â°W

Where: Cartagena, Colombia

Where: Monteverde Cloud Forest,

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757. Latitude: 10.2899 Longitude: 103.9840 Where: Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam When: April to January

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758. ! !

759.

Latitude: 10.1978Â°N

Where: La Paz, Costa Rica

Longitude: 84.2306Â°W

When: All year

Where: VolcÃ¡n PoÃ¡s, Costa Rica When: All year, but visit before

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760. ! Latitude: 10.0090 Longitude: 105.8240 Where: Mekong Delta, Vietnam When: All year

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372

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766. Latitude: 9.5500Â°N Longitude: 62.7000Â°W Where: Orinoco Delta, Venezuela When: All yearâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;more mosses in the rainy season though, May to June

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NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

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800. Latitude: 3.2365 Â°N Longitude: 101.6816 Â°E Where: Batu Caves, Malaysia When: All year

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801. Latitude: 3.1740Â°S Longitude: 35.5639Â°E Where: Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania When: June to September is best;

April and May is wet, but has fewer visitors

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NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

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Green scenery on a train ride through Malaysia

802. Latitude: 2.5800 Longitude: 102.6132 Where: Malaysia When: March to October

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Latitude: 5.4167

Latitude: 5.4000

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Longitude: 100.2333

Where: Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Where: Georgetown, Penang,

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388

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793. Latitude: 5.151726 Longitude: 60.757098 Where: Gran Sabana, Venezuela When: All year

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389

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779. Latitude: 7.8804 Â°N Longitude: 98.3922 Â°E Where: Phuket, Thailand When: October

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Takua Pa vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand

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Latitude: 7.7461 Â°N

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Longitude: 80.7717

Longitude: 98.7784 Â°E

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Where: Sri Lanka

Where: Ko Phi Phi Islands, Thailand

(MATALE, SRI LANKA)

When: All year

When: Year round

Where: Central Highlands, Sri Lanka

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NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

15Âº north to 0Âº north

783. ! Latitude: 7.2905 Â°N Longitude: 80.6337 Â°E Where: Kandy, Sri Lanka When: Ten days, ending on the August full moon

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784. ! Latitude: 6.8013Â°N Longitude: 58.1551Â°W Where: Georgetown, Guyana When: All year

ffi % ((50$ ! 3 + .( 8/ (! / 0 2% / % 0! + 1 * 0. 5 % / 1 5 * %* + 1 0$ ) ! .% ' * + 3 * " + . % 0/ 3 % ( % * 0! . % + . + " 2% . # % * . % * " + . ! / 0 * + ffi % ((57 % * 0$ 0* + fi# 1 .! / . ! / 1 , , (% ! 7 1 .1 + " " 1 / 0. (% 8/ * + . 0$ ! / 0! .* + / 0 $ + ( / 0$ ! + ( ! * 5+ 1 * 3 (' .+ 1 * % 0% * 5 The lush Guyana rainforest

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

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767. Latitude: 9.4900 Longitude: 76.3300 Where: Alleppey, Kerala, India When: September to March

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