Aralsk, Aral Sea, Kazakhstan

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Aralsk was one a busy fishing port on the banks of the Aral Sea. But the lake has all but disappeared when the feeding rivers where diverted for irrigation. You can zoom in and check out the abandoned ships at the southern end of the old harbour. And here is an interesting account from a travel blog.

Tamanrasset, Algeria

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Read about Tamanrasset and the old forts of the Sahara.

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin, Russia

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Read about Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.

The building with the red roof is the train station. From there you can catch a train to Nogliki further up north. White Sun of The Desert is an interesting blog by Tim Newman about Russia, Sakhalin and the Far East where you can read about the train trip to Nogliki. The oil industry is moving in on Sakhalin. Read about it in Businessweek and the The Guardian.

Iquitos, Peru

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Read about Iquitos, the worlds most populated city that cannot be reached by road! You can travel on the Amazon river via Manaus ,"The Paris of the Tropics", all the way down to Belem in Brazil.

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia

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Read about Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. This picture of the harbour is fantastic. Someday I will travel there.

Close to Kumkent, Kazakhstan

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Read more about this area in Justin Jansens Kazakhstan Travel Page at Virtual Tourist!

Pukarua, French Polynesia

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Read about Pukarua.

Peros Banhos, British Indian Ocean Territory

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Read about Peros Banhos and the Ilois that used to live here.

Astove Island, Seychelles

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Read about Astove Island.

Koh Ngai, Thailand

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