THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread. But one holiday company offers would-be castaways the chance to become real-life Robinson Crusoes - on their own DESERTED ISLAND. For 1.200 euros, you can swap squabbling over deckchairs on the Costa Del Sol for a week in the company of monitor lizards, wild pigs and monkeys on your choice of remote tropical islands in Indonesia, the Philippines, as well as the Caribbean and Africa. Equipped with fishing lines, machetes, and even provide spear guns for underwater fishing, intrepid guests can catch and cook their own food, as well as build their own shelters…
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
FULLY equipped with a kitchen and lounge, it's hard to believe this modern holiday let is actually a BUS .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .