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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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 Where to go to beat the credit crunch?Ten of the best family-friendly recession-busting holiday destinations for the coming season HOW CAN WE SOLVE THE TWO GREAT GLOBAL PROBLEMS - POVERTY & CLIMATE CHANGE?Lord Nicholas Stern, economist and author of the acclaimed and much-discussed Stern Review of 2006, spoke recently at the Royal Geographical Society about the world’s major problems and his suggested solutions to them. This, in summary, is what he said. The Caribbean – Find an Unspoilt ParadiseThe 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. 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? Top Ten Ski Resorts in EuropeGrau 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). Turning the Iron Curtain GreenThe 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. Morocco : Magical for HolidaysEveryone, from child in arms to the most adventurous toughie, can find something to suit in Morocco. Thai yourself to the RopesRock 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. Saving IcelandAt 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. Ten Bewitching Places for TwitchersThere 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.
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