What sparked off your decision to write Coast to Coast?
Chris: My wife Julienne and I had just completed a road trip book project on Namibia the year before. It was so much fun we thought we’d like to tackle a long journey again. No one had covered the entire coastline of South Africa on this [...]

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Fancy standing on the top of Mount Everest?
If you have previous high-mountain experience, an understanding boss and about $40 000 (R280 000) to spare, Russell Brice, a New Zealander and leading Himalayan expedition organisers, can probably help.
First conquered in 1953 by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, the 8 848m peak has since been scaled around [...]

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As a rebel fighter, Marjuni Ibrahim hid out in Aceh;s jungle. These days he leads guerrilla tours taking visitors with a taste for extreme hiking and an interest in Aceh;s turbulent past over the same terrain.
The treks in the northwestern tip of Indonesia are an attempt to lift Aceh out of poverty by developing local [...]

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Rickety old jeeps barrel through a dry northern Philippines riverbed, setting off a dust storm that coats the visitors bouncing around on the back seat.
The landscape around Mount Pinatubo is evolving again 16 years after a gigantic volcanic eruption killed more than 1 500 people and sent a cloud of ash into the atmosphere cooling [...]

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As a rebel fighter, Marjuni Ibrahim hid out in Aceh’s jungle. These days he leads “guerrilla tours” taking visitors with a taste for extreme hiking and an interest in Aceh’s turbulent past over the same terrain.
The treks in the north-west tip of Indonesia are an attempt to lift Aceh out of poverty by developing local [...]

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Nepal is well known for being one of the most beautiful countries in the world. The magnificent mountains, rustling rivers, colourful people, religions and rich cultural heritages make Nepal a travellers paradise.
Mantled with the high Himalaya to the north, Nepal is a land of scenic splendour, age-old temples, diverse cultures, exotic wildlife and some [...]

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Peter GreenbergTODAY Travel Editor
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It’s not too late to start planning for some great, warm winter getaways, but part of the planning should include embracing a contrarian view toward certain popular destinations. Here are some of my suggestions for affordable — and less crowded — warm winter getaways:
Salvador, BrazilInstead of going to crowded Rio [...]

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