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Harish Kohli is a mountaineer, winner of the lifetime achievement Award for National Adventure and a travel author. His book ‘Across the Frozen Himalayas' is based on a real life incident of having survived - 48 Degrees Celsius temperatures on the summit of the Karakoram Pass for over 26 hours.

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The Caribbean – Find an Unspoilt Paradise
The real question is not where to go in the Caribbean but where in the Caribbean is an unspoilt paradise? Well, the answer may be Antigua. Read
By: Harish Kohli | 30/09/2007 | Exotic Locations
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Israel Back on the Tourist Map?
Israel suffered a slump in tourist numbers between 1999 and 2001. Those from Britain numbered 200,000 in the former year, 80,000 in the latter, only two years later. What had happened in the intervening time? Read
By: Harish Kohli | 13/05/2007 | Exotic Locations
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Top Ten Ski Resorts in Europe
Grau Roig is one of the main centres for cross-country skiing, dog-sleigh rides and drives in snowmobiles in Andorra. Elsewhere in this tiny principality between France and Spain, you can try hang gliding (Soldeu), snowshoe walking (Coll de la Botella) and ski jumping or ski biking (Pal, Arinsal). Read
By: Harish Kohli | 01/05/2007 | Travel
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Turning the Iron Curtain Green
The European Green Belt initiative aims to create an ecological reserve that runs from the Barents to the Black Sea, spanning some of the most important habitats for biodiversity in Europe. Read
By: Harish Kohli | 01/05/2007 | Travel Tips
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Morocco : Magical for Holidays
Everyone, from child in arms to the most adventurous toughie, can find something to suit in Morocco. Read
By: Harish Kohli | 11/04/2007 | Travel
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Thai yourself to the Ropes
Rock climbing and Thailand may not be things that are linked in your mind, but Railay, near Krabi in southern Thailand, is a centre that attracts climbers from all over the world, from beginners to experts. Read
By: Harish Kohli | 11/04/2007 | Travel
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Saving Iceland
At one time in the 1920s, international companies wanted to buy land near Gullfoss, in the southwestern quarter of Iceland, and build a hydroelectric plant there. Sigríður Tómasdóttir, the daughter of a local farmer, helped lead the opposition to the plant. Read
By: Harish Kohli | 10/04/2007 | Travel Tips
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Ten Bewitching Places for Twitchers
There are over 10,000 species of birds in the world, including 1,000 in Europe, 2000 in North and Central America and the Caribbean, 2,900 in Asia, 2,300 in Africa and more than 3,200 species in the richest region of all, South America. Read
By: Harish Kohli | 10/04/2007 | Exotic Locations
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Fresh Approach to Reaching Petra
Most tourists to the world’s historical monuments travel do a whistle stop tour – by the grand highway and in large busses. They travel there to look, bye the t-shirt and hop back on the bus… well for another destination. Read
By: Harish Kohli | 24/03/2007 | Travel
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Mental Massage : a New Way to Relax
Life is getting stressed and technology, far from helping us relax, has increased work and stress. Those with computer work have to sit hunched over a desk all day long but the stress of work has caused other tensions of the mind. Read
By: Harish Kohli | 24/03/2007 | Travel