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                    [Title] => Bratislava: Beyond beautiful
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It isn’t every day that you travel thousands of miles away to be welcomed home in a completely different destination.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-14 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135405 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1231640 [AuthorName] => Christine S. Dayrit [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1286633 [Title] => D’Scream [Summary] =>

There is something very haunted in the bowels of Pasay City.

[DatePublished] => 2014-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135287 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1702540 [AuthorName] => RJ Ledesma [SectionName] => For Men [SectionUrl] => for-men [URL] => http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/4961/mqfd.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1280322 [Title] => A stroll around Heidelberg [Summary] =>

As I have sometimes been known to claim, you can tell a lot about a city by the shops or facilities that are over-represented in its downtown area.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1487493 [AuthorName] => Manny Gonzalez [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 917703 [Title] => Panic in Shangri-La [Summary] =>

Wee, sleekit, cow’ring, tim’rous beastie, O what a panic’s in thy breastie! This stanza from Burns, truly idiotic considering the situation I was in, kept swirling in my head as I paced about the hotel courtyard at three in the morning.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135988 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1171761 [AuthorName] => Bobby Cuenca [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 858479 [Title] => Nobel literature jury to announce 2012 winner [Summary] =>

After the announcements of three science awards, the Nobel Prizes are turning to literature, one of the most talked-about and emotion-stirring categories of the prestigious awards.

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Prague is a vibrant city, with a lively nightlife that attracts lots of young tourists. But while cafes, busy streets and good beer draw plenty of visitors, among the most beautiful and appealing attractions in this trendy capital are its historic and cultural sites, in the Old Town, in churches and castles dating back centuries. And many of them can be enjoyed for free. Here are five suggestions.

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Braving the freezing cold, thousands of Czechs bid a personal farewell yesterday to former President Vaclav Havel, who led the peaceful revolution that toppled the communist regime in 1989.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-20 03:21:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 757041 [Title] => The Hills are alive in Salzburg [Summary] =>

In the Palace of Mirabell, outside the Inner Old Town of Salzburg, tourists like to pose around the horse fountain, set within the spacious, well-trimmed garden.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 746514 [Title] => Strait talk: Formosa visited [Summary] =>

Chances are, you’ve overlooked Taiwan for its behemoth of a neighbor to the west, or for its similarly miniscule neighbor a little ways south.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134405 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1732449 [AuthorName] => Samantha King [SectionName] => Young Star [SectionUrl] => young-star [URL] => http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/500/ystar6thumb.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 701808 [Title] => Provence: A tale of two cities [Summary] =>

Town of Beautiful Women. Aix (eks) is the other major city in Provence. Now, I have always maintained that you can tell a lot about a city by the kind of establishment that predominates in its downtown.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1487502 [AuthorName] => Manny Gonzalez, Plantation Bay Resort & Spa [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) ) )
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