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Ngauman, jeritan riuhkan persekitaran ketika berenang di sekitar cruise bawa pelawat

JIKA melawat Australia, hati pasti teruja melihat keunikan hidupan liar dan panorama alam semula jadi yang memukau. 

Santineketan lures the tourists simply because it´s where writer and poet Rabindranath Tagore lived and penned his literary classics, writes BHAVANI KRISHNA IYER

MY desperate last minute attempt to lay hands on authentic references on Rabindranath Tagore for my research work lands me in Santiniketan, where the poet´s very own university called Vishwa Bharati is located.

There is an air of exclusivity in the wooden villas of Siladen Resort And Spa. But for visitors to the Indonesian island, writes JASMINE ABDULLAH, the main clincher has to be the diving in Bunaken Marine Park.

THE boat ladder lands with a thump on the golden sand and we step down onto Siladen island, the smallest of five islands in the Bunaken Marine Park in Manado, Indonesia.

Miri ada pelbagai daya tarikan untuk pengunjung.

MIRI, bandar kedua terbesar di Sarawak bukan saja memiliki garis pantai yang panjang meliputi jarak 40 kilometer dari Bakam berhampiran sempadan Brunei di timur, malah, bukit berhampiran pusat bandar menjadi lokasi penemuan minyak pertama negara ini pada 1910.

Cultural experiences are aplenty at the Kampung Seterpa homestay programme, beginning with a roaring welcome to the beat of the gedombak panjang drums, writes ZALINA MOHD SOM.

KAMPUNG Seterpa thinks big for its homestay programme and its participants feel that a kompang welcome is just too ordinary.

Banyak permainan disediakan, termasuk rollercoaster Superman Escape, 4.5G Vertical Launch Batwing Spaceshot, Scooby-Doo Spooky Coaster dan Wild West Falls Adventure Ride.

MENARIKNYA mengunjungi Gold Coast di Queensland, Australia ialah penduduknya rata-rata mesra pelancong tanpa mengira dari dalam atau luar negara.

With monkeys, mudskippers, crustaceans as well as migratory birds and local species, Tanjung Piai National Park is a treasure trove for nature lovers. JOHN TIONG is awed to be enjoying the view from the southernmost tip of the Asian continent.

THE wind blowing in from Singapore is cool and refreshing. It is about to rain when we arrive at Tanjung Piai National Park, the southernmost tip of the Asian continent.

THE city burned to the ground not once but eight times. But where most would have given up, the folks of Bergen refused to be beaten, writes SEAN AUGUSTIN.

IN a book on Norway, given to me prior to my trip, there is a picture of a smiling young girl in a yellow poncho holding a bright red umbrella in the rain. The caption reads: "Bergen is blessed with plenty of rain..."

The name Mat Kilau ranks high on the list of Malay warriors. Warisan Pahlawan Resort pays tribute to Mat Kilau by preserving his original house, writes ALIAS MOHAMAD

SOME, if not most of us, must have heard about the great national hero, Mat Kilau.

Eight days sailing the length of the Batang Rajang? It´s definitely not a trip meant for hasty travellers, as HEIDI MUNAN finds out on Sarawak´s Pandaw Cruise.