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| Pan Pacific Singapore |
Opened in November 1986, Pan Pacific Singapore provides 37 levels of chic luxury with spectacular views of the city's bustling business distric. Contemporary in design, the hotel incorporates touches of elegance and Oriental charm throughout. Located 20 minutes from Changi International Airport in the heart of Marina Bay, it is also conveniently connected via covered skybridge to shopping malls such as Millenia Walk and Marina Square, as well as to the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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| Mekong River |
Long after the waters of the Mekong River flow from their source in frozen tundra of China's Qinghai Province, tumble off the Tibetan Plateau, and slide past the ancient kingdoms of Lanna and Luang Prabang, they arrive in Campasak province, in the southernmost reaches of Laos. Here, surounded by towering peaks thick with rain forest and coffe plantations, the mekong widens to 14 kilometers and split into countless tributaries as is passes through Si Phan Don, anarchipelago of thousands of islands and sanbars.
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| Ecowatch Lombok |
Coral reefs are the rain for ests of the world's oceans. Like their terrestrial counterparts, they accur in tropical and subtropical environments, support a bewildering variety of species, and are diminishing at an alarming rate. In fact, some marine scientists are predicting a catastrophic collapse of the planet's coral ecosystem in the nex 50years. Trawangan is one of three tiny coral atolls off the west coast of Lombok and popular side trip from Bali.