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SUN AND SAND Choose your holiday destination

Celebrate the festive season in Singapore till January 2 with a fairytale setting of snowflakes at Tanglin Mall, go on board an open-top bus for a 30-minute tour of the Christmas light-up along Orchard Road, shop at malls which remain open till midni ght every Saturday. Every mall at Orchard Road and Marina Bay area have a plethora of special promotions, discounts, lucky draws as well as unique festive entertainment programmes at their atrium spaces. Till December 25, there will be carol-singing and a musical

Dance the night away at Clarke Quay at Attica, IndoChine’s The Forbidden City and more. Bring in the New Year at Marina Bay New Year’s Eve Countdown 07/08. With its spectacular visual art installation on the bay, stirring video dedications and rousing display of fireworks, it promises to present all visitors with a spectacular visual treat to round up the year and launch into a brand new exciting 2008. Or welcome the New Year at the Clarke Quay Mardi Gras Party where Brazilian dancers, street performers, a live band and plenty other forms of entertainment are in store as you count down to 2008. Or party at Asia’s grooviest beach – Sentosa, with non-stop music spun by DJs, a foam pool for bubbles of fun and a double-dose of pyrotechnics., For more information, visit www.visitsingapore.com/in

HolidayIQ a travel guide and research community that offers opinions written by travellers to help others plan holidays has listed Palakkad for its fascinating mosaic of mountains, forests, valleys and rivers, this exotic destination in the Western Ghats is the gateway to the unexplored Silent Valley National Park, Wayanad for its rainforests and mountains, whose misty environs offer a wide range of trekking opportunities, plantation visits and wildlife tours, Pondicherry for its French culture entwined with the spiritual calm of an ashram make this seaside town unforgettable and Kanyakumari for the most auspicious place to spend the New Year, where the three oceans meet at the southern tip of India. For destinations and holiday options in India, visit www.holidayiq.com

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