BACK TO BASICS HOTEL

CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics. The unusual hotel, named the Kolarbyn Eco-Lodge, is located close to Skinnskatteberg, Stockholm, Sweden, and allows you to be at one with nature without all the luxuries of the 21st Century. Originally built as a place for charcoal burning, the site has now become a place to escape from life’s everyday technologies and stress.

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SHIVERING SQUIRREL

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BABY WHALE AND MOTHER LAP UP TOURIST ATTENTION

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GRAND PRIX-INSPIRED ESPRESSO MACHINE

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HUNGRY TURTLE ATTRACTS AN AUDIENCE

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THE DANGEROUS WORK OF SULPHUR MINERS

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MAN AND TOY PIG SEARCH WORLD FOR MISSING CUDDLY COMPANION

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RECORD BREAKING WATERMELON

AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .

INTIMATE PORTRAITS OF INDIANS

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