Year-end travel: 10 best road trips in the world

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If you have read the classics On the Road (1957, Jack Kerouac), Travels with Charley in Search of America (1962, John Steinbeck) and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971, Hunter S. Thompson), youd know the thrill of a road trip..

All you need is good companion, crunchy snacks, groovy music, a map, a fit four-wheeler - and perhaps a pillow..

The Ring Road is literally a circle, it bypasses North Iceland, Westfjords, and the Snaefellsnes peninsula but along the way you get to see the countrys most popular tourist attractions - Seljalandsfoss and Skgafoss waterfalls, Dyrhlaey cliffs, and Jkulsrln glacier lagoon..

Craggy cliffs, empty beaches, unforgettable hiking and biking trails and soaring bluffs flanked by brilliant green countryside mark the Great Ocean Road that runs along the South-West coast of Victoria..

Always featured in the Worlds Most Scenic road trips list, the highlight of this drive is 12 Apostles, a series of 12 pillars that were chiselled out of limestone over 10 to 20 million years...