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ESCAPING DOOMSDAY IN SERBIA?

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Residents try to sell homemade brandy in the Serbian mountain of Rtanj on December 20, 2012. Visitors were flocking to the pyramid-shaped mountain in southeastern Serbia, ahead of the Mayan-foretold 'doomsday', local officials said Thursday. Hotel beds near Rtanj mountain, had been booked up well in advance, local tourist officials said. AFP PHOTO / SASA DJORDJEVICSASA DJORDJEVIC/AFP/Getty Images

    Residents tried to sell homemade brandy.

    AFP/Getty Images

    ESCAPING DOOMSDAY IN SERBIA?

    A picture shows the pyramid-shaped Siljak peak in the Serbian mountain of Rtanj on December 20, 2012. Visitors were flocking to the pyramid-shaped mountain in southeastern Serbia, ahead of the Mayan-foretold 'doomsday', local officials said Thursday. Hotel beds near Rtanj mountain, had been booked up well in advance, local tourist officials said. AFP PHOTO / SASA DJORDJEVICSASA DJORDJEVIC/AFP/Getty Images

    Visitors were flocking to the pyramid-shaped Siljak peak in southeastern Serbia, ahead of the Mayan-foretold 'doomsday.' Rtanj is selling itself as the best place to survive the looming apocalypse—which will fall on Dec. 21, according to mystics whose calculations depend on the ending of an era in the 5,125-year-old Mayan calendar.

    AFP/Getty Images
    Residents try to sell homemade brandy in the Serbian mountain of Rtanj on December 20, 2012. Visitors were flocking to the pyramid-shaped mountain in southeastern Serbia, ahead of the Mayan-foretold 'doomsday', local officials said Thursday. Hotel beds near Rtanj mountain, had been booked up well in advance, local tourist officials said. AFP PHOTO / SASA DJORDJEVICSASA DJORDJEVIC/AFP/Getty Images

    Residents tried to sell homemade brandy.

    AFP/Getty Images
    A man waits for customers in his small restaurant in the Serbian mountain of Rtanj, some 200km (125 miles) southeast from capital Belgrade, December 20, 2012. Rtanj is selling itself as the best place to survive the looming apocalypse - which will fall on December 21, according to mystics whose calculations depend on the ending of an era in the 5,125-year-old Mayan calendar. To match story SERBIA-DOOMSDAY/ REUTERS/Marko Djurica (SERBIA - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL)

    A man waited for customers in his small restaurant.

    REUTERS
    People build restaurant signs in the Serbian mountain of Rtanj, some 200km (125 miles) southeast from capital Belgrade, December 20, 2012. Rtanj is selling itself as the best place to survive the looming apocalypse - which will fall on December 21, according to mystics whose calculations depend on the ending of an era in the 5,125-year-old Mayan calendar. To match story SERBIA-DOOMSDAY/ REUTERS/Marko Djurica (SERBIA - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL)

    People built restaurant signs.

    REUTERS
    A woman carries her bag as she arrives at the Serbian mountain of Rtanj, some 200km (125 miles) southeast from capital Belgrade, December 20, 2012. Rtanj is selling itself as the best place to survive the looming apocalypse - which will fall on December 21, according to mystics whose calculations depend on the ending of an era in the 5,125-year-old Mayan calendar. To match story SERBIA-DOOMSDAY/ REUTERS/Marko Djurica (SERBIA - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL)

    A woman carried her bag as she arrived in town.

    REUTERS
    A man pours homemade brandy for his friend in the Serbian mountain of Rtanj, some 200km (125 miles) southeast from capital Belgrade, December 20, 2012. Rtanj is selling itself as the best place to survive the looming apocalypse - which will fall on December 21, according to mystics whose calculations depend on the ending of an era in the 5,125-year-old Mayan calendar. To match story SERBIA-DOOMSDAY/ REUTERS/Marko Djurica (SERBIA - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL)

    A man poured homemade brandy for a friend.

    REUTERS
    People carry their bags as they arrive at the Serbian mountain of Rtanj, some 200km (125 miles) southeast from capital Belgrade, December 20, 2012. Rtanj is selling itself as the best place to survive the looming apocalypse - which will fall on December 21, according to mystics whose calculations depend on the ending of an era in the 5,125-year-old Mayan calendar. To match story SERBIA-DOOMSDAY/ REUTERS/Marko Djurica (SERBIA - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL)

    People carried their bags as they arrived.

    REUTERS
    A moon is seen through tree branches in the Serbian mountain of Rtanj, some 200km (125 miles) southeast from capital Belgrade, December 20, 2012. The region is selling itself as the best place to survive the looming apocalypse - which will fall on December 21, according to mystics whose calculations depend on the ending of an era in the 5,125-year-old Mayan calendar. To match story SERBIA-DOOMSDAY/ REUTERS/Marko Djurica (SERBIA - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL)

    The moon as seen through tree branches.

    REUTERS
    A man drinks homemade brandy in the Serbian mountain of Rtanj, some 200km (125 miles) southeast from capital Belgrade, December 20, 2012. Rtanj is selling itself as the best place to survive the looming apocalypse - which will fall on December 21, according to mystics whose calculations depend on the ending of an era in the 5,125-year-old Mayan calendar. To match story SERBIA-DOOMSDAY/ REUTERS/Marko Djurica (SERBIA - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL)

    A man drinks homemade brandy.

    REUTERS
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