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Asia's Best Beaches - with extra thrills There are loads of lovely places to flop on the sand - but where's the fun in that? Discover our pick of the 22 best South-East Asian beaches that offer a bucket load of adventure including: Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia and more... Explore Yosemite We show you how to celebrate this Californian National Park turning 125 in style - using catered camping in the beautiful backcountry Bryson on Britain Read our exclusive extract from Bill Bryson's brand new travel book – The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island - and catch our interview with the man himself Amazon Join us as we head for the biodiversity of Brazil to discover the food, the people and the wildlife that are connected by this great river Iran With travel restrictions easing there's never been a better time to discover travel's hottest new destination PLUS: Booking Air BnB? Read this first; first 24 hours in Sao Paulo; take a short break to the Isle of Skye; Gran Canaria away from the holiday resorts; and much, much more...

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Iceland • Mark Stratton returns from the south-west of Iceland, where volcanic activity on the Reykjanes Peninsula recently fuelled a steady stream of visitors wanting to see an eruption up close

LET TERS OF THE MONTH

Vermont, USA • The Wanderlust team relocated to New England for part of this issue, as we explored a lush state filled with outdoor escapes, historic towns… and lashings of maple syrup

#wanderlustmag • You've been sending us images of your latest trips and favourite adventures – tag us at #wanderlustmag on Instagram or email them to us at fromtheroad@wanderlust.co.uk

Cultural Americas

What's New • All the latest stays, exhibitions, museums and cultural encounters that are fuelling our travels this issue

Renoir in Guernsey • A new exhibition celebrates the Impressionist's brief love affair with the Channel Island

New sleeps

Travelling with diabetes • Managing your diet and medication is no problem if you plan ahead, writes Katie Bareford, senior clinical advisor at Diabetes UK

DIABETES IN NUMBERS

Travelling with purpose • “How did it come to this?” ask a stampede of new TV travel shows that delve not only into the world's hidden corners, but look at what is being done to protect them (and their inhabitants) from the sins of the past

Read this! • Fuel your literary passions this issue, as the experts at Stanfords crack the spines on the latest top travel reads…

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Unique North America • See a side to the USA and Canada beyond the big cities and discover incredible stories and special wildlife with our pick of the trips

Happy snapping? • For a long time, ‘Take only pictures, leave only footprints’ has been the motto of the discerning traveller. Perhaps it's time to rethink this advice, suggests Karen Edwards

5 RESPONSIBLE PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS

How Peru embraced umami • The roots of Nikkei cooking stem from an influx of Japanese labourers to Peru. Little did anyone know that it would later birth one of the world's most talked-about fusion cuisines, writes Elise van der Heijden of Eat Peru

Costa Navarino, Greece • In a little-visited corner of the south-western Peloponnese lies a multifaceted luxury tourism project that places environmental regeneration, local community and sustainable development at the forefront of its endeavours

The call of the Rockies • From historic ski lodges to rustic backcountry cabins and a mock-Scottish castle, we pick the stays in Canada's Rocky Mountains that make the most of their setting

A new dawn for the Garifuna community • When the...