Sint Maarten a plane flies low over Maho Beach into the airport.

The world's 12 scariest, craziest airports

One runway runs across a busy road, another through a golf course. Take a look at some of the world's strangest airports.

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Bhutan

Slow climb to heaven

Gazing across the Himalayan vastness to Everest, Penny Watson discovers a vision splendid.

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Sigiriya Sri Lanka

Spirit of discovery

From Europe to Asia and back to Australia, Michael Gebicki finds 10 great journeys with meaning.

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One of the kingdom?s remote monasteries.

'Shangri-La' is no paradise

Saffron-robed monks wander the streets of Thimphu, where elaborately painted buildings feature lucky symbols like tigers and phalluses, all under the gaze of a huge gold Buddha atop a mountain overlooking Bhutan's tree-lined capital.

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