Japan. Teshima Art Museum.

A look back in wonder

Our writers spend their year going places. In 2013 these were their most memorable experiences.

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Private jet

Whirlwind of rich rewards

A pauper among princes and princesses, Max Anderson fastens his seatbelt for an air tour of a lifetime.

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Juliet's Balcony.

The world's most romantic places

Come over weak-kneed and misty-eyed at the planet's best places to fall in love. From Lonely Planet's new book, 1000 Ultimate Sights, out now.

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India, Agra, boys walking with camel in front of Taj Mahal.

A hard-won glimpse of the Taj Mahal

IT'S nearly pitch-black and the air is buzzing with insects, spiked with the sounds of rickshaw engines and the jabber of Hindi.

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