Beyond the Horizon: Adventures in Faraway Places - National Geographic Society

Part of the National Geographic Destinations series, this rich adventure tapestry dives fearlessly into the heart of diverse and mysterious regions: China, Mali, Iceland, Venezuela, and Australia. The personal narratives sear dazzling, razor-sharp images across the imagination, as the eye luxuriates in the 100 full-color photographs.We first venture to the Kingdom of Muli. Author Patrick R. Booz follows the trail of Kublai Khan to this remote, monastic region tucked away in the mountain ranges of the Tibet-China border. Then, swept down the Niger River on a 240-mile West African adventure, Cynthia Russ Ramsay unearths the secrets of the fabled Timbuktu. Thomas O'Neill chronicles in fantastic detail a land literally bubbling with mystique and danger as he explores the fire-and-ice Icelandic interior: its volcanic fissures, mammoth ice flows, lush waterfalls, and hardy, survivalist inhabitants. We are then transported by Tom Melham to the \""lost world of broken rockscapes, unique plantz