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Sungei Buloh Nature Park is a mangroves and wetland wildlife refuge located at the northern end of Singapore, it was one of our favourite place to go during our past live in Singapore. Living in Singapore it was so hard going to places without bumping into 'tourists' lol.

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The place a bit far to reach ... if you dont own private car you will have to take taxi or use a public bus.

I remembered the place used to have a cafe overlook the swamp ... you can have something to eat and drink while you watch the flamingo around the area.

This is a 'must do' with kiddies when you come to Hongkong. Star ferry is a passenger ferry, ferrying people commuting between Kowloon and Hongkong Island. Can't remember how much we paid ... i think just around 2 or 3 Hongkong Dollar per trip.

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Again i would suggest you do the trip at least one during the day time and another during night time.

The Star Ferry operates on four routes: between Wanchai and Tsim Sha Tsui, Tsim Sha Tsui and Central, Central and Hung Hom, and Hung Hom and Wanchai. Service times and ticket prices vary with the different routes (against it cost nothing).

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Declared a National Monument in 1987, the hotel has grown from strength to strength. With its restoration and reopening in 1991, Raffles Hotel today stands as a jewel in the crown of Singapore's hospitality industry, renowned and loved for its inimitable style and unsurpassed excellence in service and facilities.

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In multicultural Singapore it is not surprising that the visionary founders of Raffles Hotel were a quartet of enterprising Armenian brothers: Martin, Tigran, Aviet and Arshak Sarkies.

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This post is for SuperXpat in perticular but anyone from Greece and can give some idea are more than welcome.

We would like to go to Greece for this coming December for around 2 weeks. Can you recommend where to go. We would like to see Athens, and my husband wondering is there any island nearby that we can cross and staying there for about a week?

What we normally like to do just like any other normal tourists. Visiting object, i like clicking away with my camera, my son like beach / swimming pool, my husband quite happy as far as beer is serve.

SuperXpat ... what is Athen like? Can you write down places that not to be miss. Things must see and things must do when people visiting Athens?

Thanks a lot.

A Brief History of Corfu

Corfu Island is 593 square kilometers (229 square miles) in area, with a population of 93,000 people of whom 35,000 live in Corfu town.

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Corfu, the emerald island is part of Ionian islands the seven islands that extend in parallel line along the coast of mainland Greece. Shades of blue and green are the colours of Corfu. The endless olive tree landscape astonishes visitors.

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The fun begins once you board the DUCK - an authentic American’s Vietnam War Hero. It is the chance of a lifetime to ride on a Military Amphibious Craft.

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2-in-1 Special. Only DUCKtours offers you a combined City and Harbour tour, without the hassle of switching craft. Travelling on land and water, it's a boat on monstrous wheels!

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The tours took roughly around 60 mins.

This is Bali's second most important temple after Pura Besakih. It is the ceremonial throne for Dewi Danu, the goddess of the lake. There are dramatic, many-tiered, pagoda-like merus, often covered in mist from the lake. The goddess is honoured with a tall meru of eleven tiers, the highest number. The meru of her consort, the god of Mount Agung, has only nine. That indicates her importance.

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According to legend Dewi Danu and the god of Mount Agung emerged from an erupting volcano in 231 on balinese calendar. Together they took control of the waters and lands of Bali. They are the complementary male and female gods of the island.

Lake Toba (Indonesian: Danau Toba) is a large lake, 100 km long and 30 km wide, in the middle of the northern part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra with a surface elevation of about 900 m (3000 feet), stretching from 2.88° N 98.52° E to 2.35° N 99.1° E.

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This vehicles now totally banned in Jakarta. The reason to reduce traffic congestion around the city.

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I used to take this 'becak' during my younger days to get around my town 'Semarang'. Around 20 yrs ago ... it cost 500 rupiahs for around 3 kms distance. Which about 25 dirhams. lol

Becak also hated by the car's driver for its braveness against the car. If you had an accident with a becak, either your fault or abang becak's fault you still have to pay the damage to the abang becak.

You will see becak mostly around Java island ... their design will be vary from region to region. Mostly you can spot with the 'work of art' on its wheel.