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Saturday, May 18th

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Coast To Coast With ATV Ride

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Imagine zooming along the Brunei coast crossing through the jungle and beach and viewing the country's beautiful scenery with family and friends on the four-wheeled motor bikes called All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV). It was indeed an exciting activity to do on a Sunday.

Eye-Opening Underwater Expedition

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Luminox ambassador and world-renowned ocean environmentalist, Scott Cassell, embarked on his maiden ocean study dive in Asia at Sabah, Malaysia, from June 15 to 18 with members of the media and local NGOs, as part of the "Luminox Save The Seas" programme which was officially launched in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, shortly after the dive expedition.

The "Luminox Save The Seas" programme was initiated by Luminox in Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam to champion and support Scott's expansion of the Undersea Voyager Project (UVP) to Asia.

Up Close With Borneo Primates

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Deep in the heart of a shimmering Borneo rainforest, a group of tourists gathers expectantly on a wooden platform in a clearing. All eyes watch the tree canopy above. A ranger calls out in an attempt to attract the monkeys. Gradually, several young females emerge from the trees, spy a cache of sugar-free pancakes and cucumber, and swing towards the feeding platform.

Vespa's Vintage Charm

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Sembra una vespa!" ("It reminds me of a wasp!") was what Piaggio President Enrico Piaggio said when he first laid eyes on what was later to become the most successful scooter of all time.

The name stuck.

Vespa is Italian for wasp - derived from both the high-pitched noise of the two-stroke engine and adopted as a name for the vehicle in reference to its body shape: the thicker rear part connected to the front part by a narrow waist, and the steering rod resembled antennae.

The Vespa is one of the most sought-after vintage scooters.

Life's Dreams Begin At KidZania

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KidZania is an indoor Family Edutainment Centre (FEC), which offers an interactive learning and entertainment experience in a kid-sized city. Here, the kids are empowered and inspired to pursue their life's dreams by exploring what it is like to live and work in a real functioning city.

KidZania creates a kid-centric city experience targetted at children between the ages of four and 14 years old, where they are in charge of choosing from over 90 activities in 60 establishments.

KidZania is a safe indoor theme park that allows children to role-play adult activities in a replica city designed to stimulate a real-life and a functioning economy.

Hive Of Activity At Sarawak's Tail

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An hour before dawn, before the rays of sunlight pierce the sky, the beach of Sematan along the South China Sea shimmers beneath the moonlight. Here, on the western end of Sarawak, it is difficult to tell where the sand ends and the water begins. Then as sunlight nudges the horizon, the beach comes to life, as it has for centuries.

Each August since time immemorial, turtles have been coming to lay their eggs at the Talang-Talang Islands about 20 minutes' boat ride from Sematan. Designated a turtle sanctuary in 1957, the islands -Talang-Talang Besar, Talang-Talang Kechil, Satang Besar and Satang Kechil, were gazetted as the Talang-Satang National Park in 1999 and is managed by the Sarawak Forestry Corporation.