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Bora Bora (population of 8880 and area of 29.3 km2/11.31 sq mi) is an island in the Leeward group of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the Pacific Ocean. French Polynesia enjoys warm, tropical weather year-round. Cooled by the gentle breezes of the Pacific, the climate of these islands is sunny and pleasant. As Tahiti and her islands are below the Equator, the seasons are the reverse of those in the Northern Hemisphere.

Although French and Tahitian are the main languages spoken by the inhabitants, people in contact with tourists generally have some command of English. Most visitors to Bora Bora are American, Japanese, or European. The island is served by Bora Bora Airport on Motu Mute in the north, with Air Tahiti providing daily flights to and from Papeete on Tahiti.

Sunglasses, bathing suits and lightweight, loose-fitting cotton washables are perfect for the paradise weather. Casual slacks and sport shirts are fine for men at dinner. Local women wear shorts or casual slacks during the day and colorful dresses at night.

Electrical power in Bora Bora is 220Volts – 60Hz. Electric outlets are the same as in Continental Europe with two round holes.


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I love luxurious aquariums and this Villa with Aquarium from Netherlands is a dream for me. Work of Centric Design Group, Villa with Aquarium is completely renovated and transformed from an ordinary house into a minimalist design villa.
The loft with large aquarium is breathtaking element in space become.

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Montegrappa’s boutique in Emirates Towers is now open and serving customers in Dubai, and is highly appreciated by pen collectors as a destination for the best pens and gentlemen’s accessories in the United Arab Emirates.

On the special evening of the 19th, to mark the company’s anniversary, dignitaries, VIPs and media representatives, congregated at the boutique for the official opening, and the ribbon was cut by His Highness Shiekh Hamdan bin Mansour Al Thani, with Montegrappa CEO, Giuseppe Aquila.

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Any pianist will dream to have or at least to play once at new Peugeot Piano.

Although the piano pursues one of the classical codes of the world of pianos with its black lacquer finish, Peugeot Design Lab has totally reinterpreted the instrument by shaking up all the traditional volume, ergonomics and design codes. The greatest piece of groundbreaking ingenuity was to bring down the piano mechanism and align it perfectly with the pianist’s keyboard.

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Big Boys Toys, one of the most important luxury fairs in the word starts in only 6 days.

Big Boys Toys brings together the latest technologies and the biggest brands along with high impact entertainment features, all packed into three days of non-stop action and sheer excitement. Picking up from the unprecedented successes of the 2009, 2011 and 2012 editions, the 2013 Big Boys Toys show will be held at the exclusive Atlantis Hotel, The Palm, Dubai and feature more amazing new gadgets, luxury products and amazing five star adventures!

Big Boys Toys UAE – The Ultimate Playground!

A pearl, diamond and emerald art deco brooch by the renowned jewelers Van Cleef & Arpels was just sold for $1.83 million at Bonhams Fine Jewelry sale. The brooch was estimated at £250,000 – 350,000.

The surmount designed as a geometric labyrinth of old brilliant, step, square, baguette and single-cut diamonds, suspending similarly set highly articulated diamond cascades of unequal length with arrow-shaped terminals, one side with a detachable drop-shaped emerald pendant with rose-cut diamond cap and double-sided lozenge-shaped diamond surmount, the central chain of five natural pearls terminating in a detachable drop-shaped pearl pendant with pierced rose-cut diamond cap and sugarloaf cabochon emerald surmount, diamonds weigh 17.70 carats total, emerald drop weighs 13.57 carats, emerald sugarloaf cabochon weighs 0.70 carat, drop-shaped pearl approximately 56 grains, mounted in platinum, signed Van Cleef & Arpels, numbered 28051, French assay marks, length 11.7cm

Abu Dhabi is taking on The Great Pyramid of Giza, with the construction of the world’s biggest sculpture. Designed by Bulgarian-born artist, Christo, the sculpture will be built in the desert 161 kilometres away from Abu Dhabi and take up to 30 months to complete. He is best known for wrapping the Reichstag in fabric and lining California highways with yellow umbrellas.

The artist will spend $3.41m building the ‘Mastaba’, the world’s largest permanent sculpture.

It will be the largest sculpture in the world, made from 410,000 multi-colored barrels to form a mosaic of bright sparkling colors, echoing Islamic architecture. The Mastaba is an ancient and familiar shape to the people of the region.

The Mastaba will be 150 meters (492 feet) high, 225 meters (738 feet) deep at the 60 degree slanted walls and 300 meters (984 feet) wide at the vertical walls. The top of The Mastaba will be a horizontal surface 126.8 meters (416 feet) wide and 225 meters (738 feet) deep.

The colors and the positioning of the 55-gallon steel barrels were selected by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in 1979, the year in which the artists visited the Emirate for the first time.

The proposed area is inland, in Al Gharbia (Western Region) approximately 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of the city of Abu Dhabi, near the oasis of Liwa.

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Virgin Atlantic has opened a new, larger Clubhouse at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey, available for Upper Class and Flying Club Gold passengers.

The Newark Clubhouse features:

The Cocktail bar at the heart of the space with crystal features refracting natural light
The Passion Pit is a sunken lounge area where visitors can kick back, relax and even have a snooze
The Origami Lounge for those looking for a bit of privacy
The Liquid lounge for passengers to enjoy a few cocktails before jetting off

It is located airside, after the security checks in Terminal B and close to the gates.

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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars announced the single largest order of Phantom Series II in the Asia Pacific region: Sands China Ltd -developer, owner and operator of multi-use integrated resorts in Macao - has confirmed the order of five highly bespoke Phantom Series II Extended Wheelbase cars in the first quarter of 2013, while retaining options to expand its fleet in the near future. Sands China currently owns a Phantom Series I car.

Samuel Sun, General Manager, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Macau, added, “We are thrilled to announce the order of five Phantom Series II Extended Wheelbase cars to Sands China Ltd. We are optimistic that this is the first of more corporate orders to come and remained committed to offering all our customers peerless motor cars with unrivalled service experience.”

Sands China’s Phantom Series II Extended Wheelbase cars will be finished in Paiza Brown – one of the company’s unique corporate colours. The cars will also feature bespoke elements such as partition walls. Further details will be made available on delivery of the cars.

London, one of the most expensive place in the world, is ready for Halloween. From today Saturday 27th October to Sunday 4th November 2012 (inclusive) London’s most iconic landmark, the EDF Energy London Eye launch The Witch Academy, a Halloween Storytelling Experience. This magical school of mysticism and sorcery for children and their families will conduct classes throughout the October half-term break each year. Youngsters will need to work together to find the two missing witches to graduate at The Witch Academy and enjoy a bespoke experience on the London Eye.

The first ever Witch Academy will focus on story-telling in its opening year. Children will be invited to take part in a spooky inter-active Halloween Storytelling Experience on board the EDF Energy London Eye. Chanting spells and taking part in a variety of exciting activities, children will be called upon to use their best magic skills to free the Head Witch of the Order. She has been hidden by an evil professor in one of the famous landmarks that can be seen from the London Eye.

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