Contents

Eifel – Departure

Gibraltar – The Ne Plus Ultra

The Himalayas – In the fog of the Prithvi Highway

Isafjördur – The blind spot

God’s Window – The final curtain

Minsk – The stranger in the bed

Patagonia – The forbidden place

Timbuktu – The Boy Indigo

Bombay – The oracle

Tangkiling – The road to nowhere

Kamchatka – Ashes and magma

Mandalay – A dream of the sea

Lake Fucino – Wasting away

Gorée – The door of no return

Hong Kong – Poste restante

The Amu-Darya – On the frontiers of Transoxania

Toraja – Among the dead

Tonga – Taboo and fate

Kinshasa – Scenes from a war

Chiang Mai – Opium

Orvieto – The fixation

The North Pole – Contemplation