Visit Shirley Heights

Restored Georgian naval dockyard, UNESCO-listed.

Four hours drifting past the karst peaks on the back of the 20-yuan note, with cormorant fishermen and water buffalo on the banks.

Two-stage cable car to Rio’s granite icon and its harbour-wide views.

Lonely 14th-century church beneath Mount Kazbek — Georgia’s most photographed view.

Coastal drive past the Twelve Apostles.

White dune fields that fill with turquoise rain lagoons every wet season.

Monasteries atop soaring rock pillars.

Mineral springs that have petrified into white waterfalls of stone above the Oaxaca valleys, with cliff-edge pools you can swim in.