5) Ayers Rock, Australia
Ayers Rock, or Uluru to the locals, is another of those places that crops up in a lot of “must see” guides. This 348 metre tall nubbin of stone stands proud in an incomprehensibly huge sea of flat dry earth. It looks like God dropped it there by mistake whilst he was building something else and just left it there to confuse the Aborigines.
The rock changes colour like a chameleon as the sun sets thanks in part to the iron oxide present in the sandstone.
6) Sahara Desert
Bleak, pristine, huge, desolate and hot as hell. The Sahara is the largest desert (after the Arctic and Antarctic which count as deserts because of their lack of liquid water).
Spread out from the Mediterranean coast to the Atlantic Ocean you won’t be bothered with overcrowding here. Word of warning: don’t get lost and end up wandering for miles until you die of thirst.
7) Scottish Highlands
A bit closer to home now, but still a bugger to get to – the Scottish Highlands. It’s wild, windy and wet up in the furthest northern climbs of Scotland. But in the summer you can still see the sun’s colours at midnight.
Word of warning: once that suns gone down you will be supper for the midges. So run back to your cabin once the light display has finished.
