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# Kurikka

Kurikka is a town in Southern Ostrobothnia.

## Get in

You can get in by car or bus. The railway is for freight only.

## See

* 62.616922.40231 Kurikka church. Yellow stone church, with an older belfry, seating 1000 persons. Next to it there's a cemetery with war memorials. (updated Aug 2023)
* 62.683621.97492 Jurva church. Representing early 19th century Gustavian architecture. (updated Aug 2023)
* 62.620422.40373 Moose statue (Kurikan hirvi). One of Kurikka's symbols, a statue of a moose welcoming visitors to the town. (updated Aug 2023)
* 62.6170122.398634 Legenda statue. A statue of the local legend, Juha Mieto, who was one of the world's most successful cross country skiers in the 1970s and early 1980s. These days Mr. Mieto is a public person who has served as a member of the parliament, and an unofficial champion in eating mämmi each Easter. (updated Aug 2023)
* 62.616922.38845 Kurikka museum, Museotie 17. A set of 19th century houses with the interiors from the same period, showcasing local life back then. (updated Aug 2023)
* 62.617422.3956 Museum locomotive Risto. Steam locomotive standing next to the disused railway station. (updated Aug 2023)

## Do

* 62.625422.02181 Botniaring, Kauhajoentie 688 (10 km south of Jurva village). Race track, mostly for national races. (updated Aug 2023)

## Eat

* 62.618122.39561 Wanha Asema, Laurintie 28. M-Sa 10:30-15:00. The "old station" lunch buffet restaurant is housed in the former railway station. (updated Aug 2023)
* 62.6155622.39962 Ocean Dragon, Kurikantie 6. Chinese restaurant. (updated Aug 2023)
* 62.6153122.395563 Wanha Mestari, Laurintie 15. Gastropub. (updated Aug 2023)

## Sleep

* 62.62122.40191 Hotelli HiljaHelena, Keskuspuistikko 27, ☏ +358 44 702 2727, mari@hiljahelena.fi. "Boutique" hotel with 8 rooms. (updated Aug 2023)
* 62.619122.41072 Hotelli Kurikka, Hovinkatu 1, ☏ +358 6 4510 500, info@hotelkurikka.fi. Hotel across the river. The hotel has a restaurant also. (updated Aug 2023)
# Kurobe

Kurobe (黒部市 Kurobe-shi) is a city in eastern Toyama prefecture, Japan.

## Understand

Kurobe roughly follows the Kurobe River, and the entrance of Mount Tate.

### Tourist information

* 36.873809137.4813371 Kurobe Unazuki-onsen Tourist Board (黒部・宇奈月温泉観光局), 3212-1 Wakaguri (At Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station), ☏ +81 765 57 2851. 09:00-19:00.

### Tourist information site

The Tourist Board has a Japanese-only guide site with integrated Google Translate.

## Get in
### By train

Kurobe has two main train stations. Kurobe Station, in the center of town, is operated by the private Ainokaze Toyama Railway trains offering one-seat service from Toyama. JR's primary services have moved to Kurobe-Unazukionsen Station to the south, served by the Hokuriku Shinkansen. The two stations are connected with a short trip on the Toyama Chihō Railway Main Line (¥310).

### By bus

Highway buses from Tokyo depart from the terminal in Shinjuku, and from in Ikebukuro. The trip takes around three and a half hours, and the fare is ¥7500 one-way.

## Do

* 36.812264137.5845511 Unazuki Onsen snow park (宇奈月温泉スキー場), 5738 Unazukionsen, ☏ +81 765 62 1757. 08:30-16:30. ¥1,020-.

## Sleep

Go to Unazuki Onsen or Ikuji Onsen.

## Go next

* Tateyama
* Kamiichi
* Uozu
* Nyuzen
* Asahi
* Hakuba
* Omachi
* Toyama
* Funahashi
# Kurilsk

Kurilsk (Russian: Кури́льск; Japanese:) is a town and the administrative center of Kurilsky District, in the Kuril Islands, of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. It is located on the island of Iturup.

## Get in
### By plane

Aurora Airlines operates regular flights from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Bombardier DHC-8 aircraft. Aviashelf Airlines operates regular flights from Kunashir Island by Mi-8 helicopters and flights from Shikotan by Mi-8 helicopters.

### By boat

Sea passenger and cargo flights between Sakhalin and Kurilsk are operated by Sakhalin-Kuril Airlines on the motor ships Igor Farkhutdinov and Polaris.

## See

* 45.22754147.877241 Church of the Epiphany, Kurilskaya St., 9.
* 45.23925147.875492 Kuril Museum of Local Lore, Primorsky sh., 5.

## Eat

* 45.23288147.873211 Cafe "Alliance", 9 Sakhalinskaya str., ☏ +7 914 640-68-40. (updated Aug 2024)
* 45.22889147.875562 Cafe "Caramel", Okhotskaya St., 8, ☏ +7 914 649-00-17. (updated Aug 2024)
* 45.22733147.882933 Cafe "Vostochnaya kuhnya", Andrey Evdokimov str., 51. (updated Aug 2024)

## Sleep

* 45.23534147.876721 Medved, 1B Gidrostroevskaya street, ☏ +7 914 750-00-12. (updated Aug 2024)
* 45.22718147.877382 Ostrov, 12 Kurilskaya street, ☏ +7 42454 4-27-32. (updated Aug 2024)
* 45.2274147.883253 Iturup, 53 Andrey Evdokimov street, ☏ +7 42454 4-24-63. (updated Aug 2024)
# Enping

Enping (恩平; Ēnpíng) is a county-level city in Guangdong Province. It is part of the administration of Jiangmen city.

## Understand
### Climate

It's long in summer and warm in winter in Guangdong province. Because Guangdong lies in the low latitude area and faces the South China Sea, it's tropical and subtropical climates. The average temperature of spring is about 20°C; summer is 28°C; autumn is 25°C; winter is 12°C. There are many typhoons in summer and autumn. Every April and September is the rainy seasons. Spring and autumn are the best seasons for traveling.

## Get in

A railway station on the east of Enping was opened in July 2018, serving trains to and from Guangzhou South Railway Station.
You can get there by taking a bus in Fangcun village bus station or Enping bus stop.

## Talk

The language of Enping is a variant of Cantonese known as Enpingnese (99% similar to the local language of Taishan so the outside world categorizes it as Taishanese), which is only marginally mutually intelligible with standard Cantonese. However, as Cantonese is the lingua franca of Guangdong province, most locals will be able to speak and understand standard Cantonese. Mandarin is the primary language of instruction in all schools so most younger individuals would also be reasonably fluent in it.

## Do

Enping is the self-proclaimed hot spring capital of China.
* Didu (帝都) hot spring resort is in Liangxi town of Enping city. The temperature of water is over 80℃ o­n average all year. There are as many as 300 outdoors springs. The water contains 48 mineral elements.

## Go next

* 30 minutes east will bring you to the neighboring town of Kaiping and its historic diaolous.
* 45 minutes east is the town of Taishan.
* The closest major city (over 1 million population) is Yangjiang, the knife manufacturing capital of China.
* Jiangmen, the administration capital of the area, is 1½ hour to the west with an Intercity Rail station. There you can catch fast trains to either Zhuhai or Guangzhou and the cities in between.
# Gonur Depe

Gonur Depe, or Gunar Tepe, is a city in Mary Province, Turkmenistan.

## Understand

Gonur Depe is a Bronze Age archaeological site in Turkmenistan, dating back to the first half of the second millennium BC, contemporary to the Mesopotamian and Indus Valley civilizations. The first agricultural settlements in the Murgab River delta appeared in the 7th millennium BC. The area was later called Margush in old Iranian texts and Margiana by Greek authors. The area of Margiana was 3000 km², it consisted of more than 70 oasis and 150 settlements. Margiana reached its apex in the 16th to 13th century BC.
From the 1970 onwards the site was excavated by the Margiana Archaeological Expedition directed by the Russian archaeologist Victor Sarianidi.
Gonur Depe, the capital of Margiana, was a rectangular fortress with powerful defensive walls, semicircular bastions and adobe buildings. Sarianidi discovered a palace and temples with fire altars. According to Sarianidi Gonur Depe belongs to one of the greatest civilizations of the ancient world (side by side with Mesopotamia, Egypt, India and China) and was the birthplace Zoroastrianism, a religion based on the opposition of good and evil.
Sarianidi also found evidence of a cult based on a drug potion made from poppy, hemp and ephedra. According to the Avesta , the holy book of Zoroastrianism the drink called Haoma represents a deity that can cure all sufferings.
In 2009 a royal tomb was excavated in which the remains of dogs, a cart with wheels having bronze rims and a large bronze cauldron with a diameter of 130 cm and a height of 1 m were found. This cauldron consists of 7 spherical tanks inserted one into the other, so may be a sacred fire krater that represents the cosmos, with the seven cosmic spheres of the sun, moon and planets. Or it may represent the seven worlds of the Avesta.

## Get in
### By car

Gonur Depe is about 60 km north of Mary. There, you can arrange the trip. A 4WD is required. The road follows partly the Kara Kum Channel, but the last 20 km of the road are a very rough track in the desert. It will be a two-hour drive from Mary and you will need about 2 hours for the visit of Gonur Depe. You will have to pay about US$40 for the car and driver and US$30 for the guide. The trip is exhausting.

## See

* Excavations. US$1, camera US$1.20.

## Eat and drink

Bring your own food and drinks.

## Sleep

Next accommodation is at Mary.
# Gondershe

Gondershe (also spelled Gandershe or Gendershe) is an ancient stone city built on a coastal promontory in Southern Somalia.

## Understand

Gondershe is situated about 35 kilometres (22 mi) northeast of Merca and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of Mogadishu. The town's ruins consist of typical Somali architecture, such as coral stone houses, fortifications, tombs and mosques. The town is said to date from the medieval Ajuran period, when it became a center of trade that handled smaller vessels sailing from India, Arabia, Persia and the Far East. This is supported by early maps, and an initial archaeological survey. Gondershe was a popular tourist attraction during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, until the Somali Civil War broke out in 1991.

## Get in

    See also: War zone safety
Fighting in the area between the Somali government and Al-Shabaab has occurred as recently as 2022. But, given its proximity to Mogadishu, if you're in the area and it's a time of relative peace and stability, then there's at least a chance you can arrange transportation down from there.
# Gongliao

Gongliao (貢寮區) is a district of New Taipei. It is the most easterly part of the island of Taiwan.

## Get in
### By rail

The district is accessible by rail from the following stations:
* 25.015944121.9448611 Fulong (福隆車站). (updated Jul 2019)
* 25.022056121.9086672 Gongliao (貢寮車站). (updated Jul 2019)

## See
### Historical sites

* 25.0074122.0011 Cape Santiago Lighthouse (三貂角燈塔). A 16.5-meter (54 ft) lighthouse built in 1931 for ship navigation. (updated Jul 2019)
* 25.003984121.9583462 Old Caoling Tunnel (舊草嶺隧道), ☏ +886 2 2499 1210. 08:30-17:00. A 6-kilometer (3.7 mi) tunnel which you can walk through, or rent a bicycle and cycle through. (updated Jul 2019)
* 25.02022121.9091623 Gong Liao Old Street (貢寮老街), Gongliao Street. (updated Jul 2019)

### Culture

* 25.05759121.9264454 Aodi (澳底). A small fishing village popular for its scenic setting and many seafood restaurants. (updated Jul 2019)
* 24.9806121.9259425 Tiger Inscription (虎字碑). (updated Jul 2019)
* 25.042723121.9272116 Yanliao Resistance Monument (鹽寮抗日紀念碑), ☏ +886 2 2490 1966. 09:00-17:00. (updated Jul 2019)

### Temples

* 25.020493121.9503827 Fulong Dongxing Temple (福隆東興宮). A seaside temple with a number of large, colourful statues of dragons at the sea-facing side. (updated Jul 2019)
* 25.011919121.9913098 Liyang Temple (利洋宮), No. 25, Fuxing Street, ☏ +886 2 2499 1226. (updated Jul 2019)

### Parks and nature

* 25.020833121.9452789 Fulong Beach (福隆海水浴場). A beach in Fulong village which plays host to the annual Hohaiyan Rock Festival. (updated Jul 2019)
* 25.042121.92710 Yanliao Beach Park (鹽寮海濱公園). The beach spans 80 hectares and reaches all the way to Fulong Beach. The beach is easily accessible by bus from Keelung Station. (updated Jul 2019)
* 25.007431122.00173611 Cape Santiago (三貂角). The cape is the easternmost point of the island of Taiwan. (updated Jul 2019)
* 25.114365121.91247312 Longdong (龍洞). A scenic fishing settlement also known for its interesting rock formations. (updated Jul 2019)

## Do
### Arts and culture

* 25.020833121.9452781 Hohaiyan Rock Festival (貢寮國際海洋音樂祭). An annual rock music festival held on Fulong Beach. The festival is free-of-charge and attracts acts from around the world. (updated Jul 2019)

### Hiking and nature

* 25.020627121.9364072 Longmen Park (龍門露營渡假基地), ☏ +886 2 2499 1791. A sports park that contains a large suspension bridge and has facilities to hire canoes. (updated Jul 2019)
# Gondia

Gondia is a city in Vidarbha close to the Madhya Pradesh state border.

## Understand

The city and district is named after the indigenous Gondi people.

## Do

* 21.24394279.9859621 Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary, Bhandara (enter via NH-53), ☏ +91 96733 87561. Considered to be a "green oasis" in the easternmost portions of Maharashtra, Nagzira hosts a number of migratory birds species, including 13 that are endangered. Notable mammals present at the sanctuary include the tiger and sloth bear. (updated Mar 2023)
* 20.93333380.1666672 Navegaon National Park, ☏ +91 7182 251 232. Another hotspot of diverse flora and fauna. It is a popular picnic place among the locals. The best time to visit is during the winter when a large number of birds flock to the lake in the national park. (updated Mar 2023)
# Gondwana Rainforests of Australia

The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (CERRA) World Heritage Site is made up of a number of non-contiguous areas of national park and reserve land in northeastern New South Wales and South East Queensland. These rainforests are so called because the species found here existed hundreds of millions of years ago when Australia was part of the supercontinent Gondwana. They can be geographically grouped into 8 distinct regions:

## Regions
### The Barrington Group

* -32.052778151.4938891 Barrington Tops National Park.

### The Border (Tweed Volcano) Group

* -28.359722152.9861112 Border Ranges National Park.
* -28.1422153.1153 Lamington National Park. 20,600 hectares (51,000 acres) of rainforest on the Lamington Plateau of the McPherson Range, known for its birdlife, ancient trees, waterfalls, walking tracks and mountain views.
* -28.389722153.2686114 Wollumbin National Park (Mount Warning National Park).
* -28.5439153.2935 Nightcap National Park.
* -28.14153.2741676 Springbrook National Park.

### Focal Peak Group

* -28.2736152.6627 Mount Barney National Park (part of).
* Mount Clunie Flora Reserve.
* Mount Nothofagus Flora Reserve.
* -28.487778152.7258338 Toonumbar National Park (part of).
* -28.919167152.7536119 Mallanganee National Park. (updated Mar 2022)

### Gibraltar Range Group

* -29.3469152.33310 Washpool National Park.
* -29.554444152.32388911 Gibraltar Range National Park.

### Hastings - Macleay Group

* -30.996389152.0112 Oxley Wild Rivers National Park.
* -31.2152.23333313 Werrikimbe National Park.

### The Iluka Group

* -29.4039153.36214 Iluka Nature Reserve.

### Main Range Group

* Goomburra State Forest.
* -27.8158152.26615 Main Range National Park.
* Spicers Gap State Forest.

### New England Group

* -30.3481152.82216 Dorrigo National Park.
* -30.5928152.45817 New England National Park.
# Gap (disambiguation)

There is more than one place called Gap:

### France

* Gap (Hautes-Alpes),

### Canada

* Gap (Alberta)

### United States of America

* Gap (Pennsylvania)
* Great Allegheny Passage (GAP), a hiking/biking trail stretching from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cumberland, Maryland

### Papua New Guinea

* Gusap Airport, Morobe Province. IATA code GAP

### See also

* Gap year travel
# Ganvie

Ganvie is a pretty lake village on stilts in Southern Benin.

## Understand

Ganvie is probably the largest lake village in Africa and is popular with tourists. The village was created in the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries by the Tofinu people who took to the lake to avoid Fon warriors who were taking people hostage to sell them to European enslavers. Making the shallow waters and islands of Lake Nokoue a haven, the Ganvie villagers are often referred to as "water men" and the area itself is often called the "Venice of Africa." The village's main industries other than tourism are fishing and fish farming.

## Get in

Ganvie is an easy day trip from Cotonou. Boats to the village launch from Abomey-Calavi. Tours are available from there (they last 2-3 hours and cost around 10,000 CFA), but you can also stay in the village. The boat ride takes roughly 35 minutes.

## Get around

Hire a pirogue and explore the village on your own.

## Sleep

* Chez M a Ganvie, ☏ +229 97 37 22 71. Basic rooms. Has a restaurant. (updated Nov 2023)
* Expotel Ganvie Chez Raphaël, ☏ +229 96 96 75 72. Has a restaurant and a market is held out front. (updated Nov 2023)
# Gao

Gao is a city of 90,000 inhabitants in the Gao region of Mali.

## Understand

The city was founded in the 7th century as a trading post, but it was during the 15th and 16th centuries that the city flourished and its height was the center of the Songhai Empire.

## Get in
### By plane

Gao has an international airport, and Point Afrique offers flights to Paris and Marseille as well as other cities along the Niger.

### By boat

A ferry service links Gao to other cities on the Niger, such as Timbuktu.

### By road

Gao is connected to Bamako by a paved highway and can be reached in a private car or by bus. Buses also travel to Niamey several times per week, but the road to the border is still unfinished.

## See

* 16.279369-0.0493421 Grand Mosquée. 14th-century mosque.
* 16.289395-0.0448682 Tomb of Askia (Tombeau des Askia). Constructed in 1495 by Songhai emperor Askia Mohamed Toure, the Askia Tomb (known locally as the Askia Mosque) is a mud-brick pyramid designed to look like the Great Pyramids of Egypt, which Mohamed saw on his pilgrimage to Mecca. Today it is still used as a mosque and is a UNESCO World Heritage site. (It has been reported to have been destroyed or been significantly damaged/defaced by Islamist rebels for being 'idolatrous' during their occupation of Gao in 2012. These are the same people responsible for the destruction of Timbuktu's shrines.) (updated Nov 2016)
* 16.27577-0.0437683 Sahel Museum (Musée du Sahel).
* 16.332175-0.068774 La Dune Rose. A giant sand dune across the river from Gao, named for its glowing pink color at sunrise and sunset. Best reached by pirogue. The top has beautiful views of the surrounding landscape, especially after the rainy season.

## Buy

* Traditional markets. The vegetable and meat markets are in the center of town beside the river. They feature the usual assortment of produce and spices as well as blocks of salt mined in the far north of Mali. The Marche Washington, down the road towards the Askia Tomb, sells clothing and fabric and is full of tailors at work.

## Sleep

* 16.277191-0.0509491 Hôtel Atlantide. Built in 1932, it has some claim to fame for being one of the oldest hotels in the Sahel. Damaged in the fighting, it has been closed is expected to open again. (updated Apr 2015)

## Stay safe

Information on the security situation can be found in the warning box at the top of the Mali page.

## Go next

Buses leave Gao for Bamako two-three times per day. Buses also travel to Niamey several times per week, but the road to the border is still unfinished.
# Gao (disambiguation)

There is more than one place called Gao:

### China

* Gao County, a county in Yibin, Sichuan

### Cuba

* GAO code for Mariana Grajales Airport in Guantánamo

### Mali

* Gao (region), a region in Mali
* Gao, a city in Gao (region)
# Gao (region)

Gao is a region in Mali named after the largest city in the region.

## Cities

* 16.266667-0.051 Gao
* 15.6650.5027782 Ansongo
* 16.954167-0.3502783 Bourem
* 15.9166672.44 Ménaka

## Other destinations

* 15.58681.77951 Ansongo-Ménaka Animal Reserve

## Stay safe

Information on the security situation can be found in the warning box at the top of the Mali page.
# Isla Malpelo

Malpelo Island is in the Pacific Ocean 400 km west of Colombia. The island has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Some divers know it as "shark heaven."

## Understand

The only inhabitants on the island is the staff of a military outpost.

### History

The island has been known about by Europeans since at least 1530. It’s unlikely that humans have ever inhabited it.

### Landscape

Extremely rugged, to say the least.

### Flora and fauna

Part of a solitary volcanic submarine ridge, Malpelo island looks like just another barren rock. Bird guano deposits, however, allow algae, lichens, mosses, shrubs and ferns grow on and around it.
The waters around the island are fantastic for shark diving. You may see swarms of hundreds of hammerhead and silky sharks and even the threatened smalltooth sand tiger.

### Climate

Tropical, though “barren spit of rock” isn’t usually what the term conjures up.

## Get in

Anyone hoping to visit Malpelo must get permission from the National Natural Park offices in Bogotá. Since the island is a Marine Park, the only way to visit it is via Liveaboard; the Malpelo Foundation allows one Liveaboard dive ship to be present at the island at a time, with a maximum of 25 divers. Anchoring is not allowed anywhere within the marine protected area.
The main port to travel to Malpelo is Buenaventura, and the trip by boat from Buenaventura takes between 30 and 40 hours (via Gorgona Island, also supposed to be a diver's paradise).
In 2018 it is not possible anymore for Panamanian boats to go directly to Malpelo. Colombia Dive Adventures$^{[deadlink]}$ offers liveaboard dive trips from Buenaventura.
The easiest way to get to Malpelo might be with Coiba Dive Expeditions$^{[deadlink]}$ in Panama City. Through them, a 11-day trip with 6 days of diving (2 days to Malpelo and 2 days back) starts at about US$4500 per person (May 2017). That does not include the $90/day park fee for diving, nor equipment rental (they prefer you bring your own gear). Of course they will deal with the bureaucracy for you.

## Fees and permits

US$90/day park fee for divers on boat under Colombian flag (2017).

## See

Despite its seemingly lifeless appearance, the island is a wildlife haven. In addition to its renowned shark population, it is a designated Important Bird Area, and is home to a species of crab found nowhere else on Earth.

## Do

The island is most famous as a diving location due to its amazing shark population.

## Buy

It’s unlikely you’ll be buying anything here.

## Eat

You are going to be bringing your own food. The island is a wildlife sanctuary so you won’t be hunting or fishing and there are no shops or restaurants.

## Drink

There probably isn’t going to be any publicly available drinking water on the island.

## Sleep

You'll sleep on your boat. There are no public lodgings on the island.

## Go next

You’ll probably be traveling back to Buenaventura.
# Isla Cristóbal

Isla Cristóbal is in Caribbean West.

## Sleep

* Hacienda del Toro, On Isla San Cristobal, 15 min by boat from Bocas Town. Swimming pool,Rest/Bar,horse stable with well trained horses for jungle tours. Deluxe Cottage Rental for $150 a night for 2. Includes breakfast and transportation . 2 nights minimum. (updated Mar 2016)

## Go next

* Bocas del Toro
* Isla Carenero
* Bastimentos
# Isla Grande

There is more than one place called Isla Grande (big island):

### Argentina / Chile

* Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego — an island of the tip of South America. Part of Tierra del Fuego_(disambiguation)

### Chile

Isla Grande de Chiloé also known as Chiloé Island - is in Southern Chile

### Colombia

Isla Grande (Colombia) - is the largest island of the Islas del Rosario

### Panama

* Isla Grande — a small island in Colon (province)

### Puerto Rico

* Isla Grande (Santurce) is a suburb of San Juan in Northern Coast (Puerto Rico)
** Isla Grande Airport, Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport (SIG)

### See also

* and the name of many other small islands and settlements around the world
* Isola Grande
* Ilha Grande
* Grand Island
* Grand Isle