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Great Family Retreat at Resorts World Kijal with Turtle Hatching experience

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As an avid diver, I have always enjoy watching big huge turtle swimming majestically underwater or laying peacefully on the coral bed. A sea turtle has a lifespan of more than hundred years old. However, not many turtles able to live that long despite having such a lifespan. This reptile has to go through a lot of survivor challenges right from when they are still an egg. There are many turtle hatching locations along the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The most famous one will be at Rantau Abang, Terengganu. However, after a long successful project done by Resorts World Kijal at their private beach, this place has become a new spot for the sea turtles. For your information, the type of sea turtles that is commonly found in our country is the Green Turtle. There are 6 other types of sea turtles which are Leatherback Turtle, Hawksbill Turtle, Olive Ridley Turtle, Loggerhead Turtle, Flatback Turtle and Kemp's Ridley Turtle. The effort is simple which is releasing ba...

Noor Arfa Craft Complex, Kuala Terengganu

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Noor Arfa Craft Complex (NACC) was once known as just Noor Arfa in 1980 with just RM1000 as initial capital. From a sole proprietor to partnership in 1982 and private limited company in 1991 called Noor Arfa Batek Sdn Bhd. In 2010, they change their domain again to Noor Arfa Holdings Sdn Bhd. I just cut short their wonderful long history but in the nutshell, this is one of the incredible home grown company that Malaysia should be proud of. Standing strong throughout these years delivering our best local product which is the batik. They even have school to teach enthusiast to master the skill in batik making and continue this traditional batik making process. This is one of the process in making drawing batik. First, you have to stretch the cloth real tight before you can start drawing with the hot wax on the cloth. This needs a lot of patience and precision. A slight mistake will ruin the whole thing. After that, this is the fun part which is coloring the batik. Once the ...