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India for beginners: what you need to know
A few expert tips will help you enjoy this challenging but magical country, writes Nina Karnikowski.
A few expert tips will help you enjoy this challenging but magical country, writes Nina Karnikowski.
This 230-year-old warrior fortress has been transformed from a deserted ruin filled with bats, snakes and gunpowder to a five-star hotel.
You want to meet a manta ray? A sea turtle? A dolphin? Easy. You want to meet a Maldivian? Next question, please.
It may a faded gem, but Galle Fort is a gem nonetheless.
With its lack of 21st-century distractions and abundance of age-old spirituality, this is the ultimate get-away-from-it-all-and-rediscover-yourself destination.
Maniumpathy is magnificent - a fine, rewarding alternative to a stay in a larger hotel.
Given levels of dissatisfaction with the performance of politicians in western democracies, what can we learn from a country that assesses its government policies based on the happiness of its people?
It's real enough for more than a million people to visit each year, though. And we're not all dreaming. Are we?
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