Surrounded by thousands of acres of emptiness, Wolgan Valley is the latest addition to Australia's stable of five-star wilderness resorts.
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Wolgan Valley, Australia: the resort at the end of the world
Inside North Korea: the ultimate package tour
The world's most notorious socialist state is a land of haywains and empty highways, unlit cities and undimmed reverence for the Great Leader The strangest of all the very strange things about the strangest place on earth, North Korea, is that it's surprisingly easy to go there. Or at least, not as hard...
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Fortysomething surf virgins in Portugal
Is it ever too late to learn to ride the waves? Our surf trip to Portugal is only a few minutes old but our happy band has already decided on a nickname. We are three men, joined in youthful vigour... youngish vigour... all right, we're all over 40. We have left our wives...
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Australian bush fires: the Yarra Valley, one year on
Rupert Bates visits the Australian town of Marysville a year after bush fires nearly destroyed it .
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The call of Kashmir
How this troubled corner of the Himalayas has gone from war zone to ultimate ski destination Wow, life really can be a bummer. It's 14 January and I'm sitting on the Heathrow Express, reading in the paper that Scotland is buried under snow, its ski resorts rejoicing in the best conditions for a...
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