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Classic car event and holiday rolled into one
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By MARK WHITCHURCH IT'S not every day you are offered to travel in
a Rolls-Royce - a lifetime experience in England that is made all
that more special when the dreary British weather is exchanged for
the lush rainforests and diverse cultures of Borneo.
The island of Borneo, famous for its orang-utans, is made up of
various states, including the oil-rich independent state of Brunei as
well as the Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah and the Indonesian
state of Kalimantan.
Two ye...
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Last Rolls Royce to roll off the production line at Crewe.(Business)
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Rolls Royce quest
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1907 Silver Ghost, quiet as a . . .(Auto Weekend)
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