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...TRAVEL Bangkok's Chatuchak Market...
...TRAVEL Bangkok's Chatuchak Market...
...generals have yet to answer two key questions: where is Suu Kyi, and is she in good health? The only outsider to see her, U.N. special envoy Razali Ismail, was made to switch cars on his way to their meeting in June, according to a Western diplomat in Bangkok. "They did everything but blindfold him," says the diplomat. "He had no idea where he was." Razali initially told reporters that Suu Kyi was in good spirits, but later said that she was being held in poor conditions. Meanwhile, her vice chairman in the NLD, veteran activist Tin Oo, was reported...
...young American backpacker rolls his eyes, leans over and sardonically whispers, "This op's run on a need-to-know basis, soldier." My mission?and I had gleefully chosen to accept it?was to go deep under cover in Bangkok's retail jungle with 4,100 baht (about $100) in pocket to reconnoitre Chatuchak Weekend Market in pursuit of vintage threads...
...Bangkok abounds in salons where custom-made clothing can be speedily produced at nearly off-the-rack prices. And when it comes to traditionally high-ticket items like wedding dresses, the savings are even more substantial. Thai tailors and dressmakers are particularly good at copying the designer dress of your dreams from magazine clippings or even articulate verbal descriptions. Thus, the Christian Dior concoction gracing the latest bridal glossy can be yours for perhaps a tenth of its designer price...