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Misibis Bay is a tropical resort, where you will find 24-hour butler service, two delightful restaurants, a superb spa, three pools and a vast selection of activities, including underwater submarine explorations and helicopter trips to the crater of Mayon Volcano. There is a wide range of sport activities from cycling, horse riding to fishing.
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Pearl of the Orient, Paris of the East. For a century and a half  Shanghai was the wildest, wealthiest, flashiest city in Asia—the rival of any world capital. Western visitors were captivated by the crowded, chaotic, yet thoroughly cosmopolitan city. Foreign powers carved out concession zones featuring their own cafes, clubs, police forces, and legions of prostitutes.
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Papua New Guinea is strange country in Oceania. It is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in a region called Melanesia. The country is one of the most different countries on Earth with over 850 languages and also one of the most rural, just 18 per cent of its people live in urban areas. The country is saturated with undiscovered species of plants and animals.
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Manila is by far the largest metropolitan area in the Philippines, and the second largest in Southeast Asia after Jakarta, Indonesia. It is the commercial, administrative, cultural center and chief seaport of the Philippines. About 12 percent of the population of the Philippines is concentrated in the Manila metropolitan area. Manila is also the major destination for tourists who visit the Philippines. Coconut trees, giant kaleidoscopic lamp posts, and various cafes line the Baywalk, the perfect location for tourists to view the afternoon sunset.
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Ithaa means “pearl” in the language of the Maldives, Dhivehi. And this pearl located within the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa in Rangali Island. It is the first ever all-glass underwater restaurant in the world, secured five meters below sea level. The dining is a contemporary fusion of Maldivian cuisine with western and Asian influences.
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This lovely design hotel is located downtown Copenhagen, next to the City Hall Square, Norreport Metro and S-train Station. The S-train Station is only five minutes walk from the hotel and it’s a connection to Copenhagen International Airport in just 12 minutes.
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The State Hermitage occupies six magnificent buildings situated along the embankment of the River Neva, right in the heart of St Petersburg. The leading role in this unique architectural ensemble is played by the Winter Palace, the residence of the Russian tsars that was built to the design of Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli in 1754-62. The basic display areas of the State Hermitage occupy 365 rooms in the Main Museum Complex located in the historic centre of St Petersburg.

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