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…
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A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .