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...palaces built centuries ago by its Sultans. These are heaped with kitsch: French chandeliers, Javanese spears and a bizarre chariot comprising the body of an elephant, the head of a dragon, flapping wings and radial tires. The dusty exhibits can be comical, but in little-visited Cirebon, the tourist must be alert to art all around. Even at the palaces, there are hidden treasures: antique blue delft plates from former ruling power the Netherlands. Once they were for dining, now they decorate the centuries-old dirt walls of the palaces...
Long considered Indonesia's safe haven, Bali has always been the country's premier tourist destination-a world apart from the spells of violence that plague the surrounding islands. The explosions that rocked the Hindu island moments before midnight Saturday did more than kill dozens and injure scores of innocent barhoppers, tourists and natives-they serve as a reminder that terrorists are not only present but active throughout the country. The two bombs-one placed on Kuta's busiest nightlife thoroughfare and the other in Denpasar near the U.S. consulate-seemed targeted at foreigners...
...think it’s a shame,” said Schuyler R. Louapre, a tourist from New Orleans. “It will change the look of the Yard...
...Theatre, Broadway entrepreneurs had an epiphany: sad was out, glad was in. From now on, instead of looking for another sullen, finger-wagging faux-opera, they would try to find "the next ?Producers'." Sure enough, the ABBA's greatest-hits medley "Mamma Mia!" arrived and became the top new tourist attraction. It and "The Producers" have both been grossing $1 million or more a week (the golden number for a Broadway show) ever since. "Thoroughly Modern Millie," the Julie Andrews musical without Julie Andrews, followed and won the Tony for best musical. Maybe the judges didn't want to give...
...Trintomar deal, which, he says, "made them [Citibank] feel like they could get away with this." His chase led him to the nation of Dominica, a speck of island 300 miles north of Trinidad. Dominica depends on connecting flights on small planes from larger islands, and its minor tourist trade is struggling. The government sought bond financing from Citibank Trinidad to build Dominica's first major airport, which would be able to handle larger jets from the U.S. and Europe...