Stay in a ger in Mongolia

Sit cross-legged in a village, clap once, and drink the peppery root brew from a coconut shell as a welcome.

Dunes, canyons and dinosaur fossils.

Highland Sulawesi region of boat-shaped tongkonan houses and cliff graves, where funerals last for days and draw the whole village.

Cliff villages of the Bandiagara Escarpment.

Pristine "blue pearl" lake near Siberia.

Granite valleys, Turtle Rock and ger camps an hour from Ulaanbaatar — horse-riding country.

Watch Mongolia's three manly sports festival in Ulaanbaatar

Lean backwards over a drop from the castle battlements to kiss the stone that grants the gift of the gab.