The game is in rude health and officials have plans in train to make sure it stays that way, reports Jesse Hogan.

ONE man in a hotel room, at war with his mind. "I couldn't distinguish between what was real and what I imagined to be real . . . things, beings, beasts, bastards . . . attacked in waves, one after another, each worse than the one before. 'Oh God, Please,..read more

Never again with drunks on the train

Q My wife and I will be travelling to Tibet in April next year. Can Everest Base Camp tours be arranged in Lhasa once we arrive there? We would also like to travel by train to Beijing. G. Luck

THE length of tours of duty for Australian troops sent on operations in Afghanistan and elsewhere will be increased from six months to eight months.