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...partly because she was drunk and because she thought it would be fun to write a novel about the story." -Pramote Prathumwong, Deputy commander of the Bangkok police, on So Leong-Ying, the Hong Kong journalist who fabricated a claim that she was gang-raped...
...dispatched by the Thai government to Umphang, 670 kilometers northwest of Bangkok. Today, it's a region showered with ecotourism awards for its hill-tribe homestays and treks. But back then, it was a hotbed of communist insurgency. Five guerrillas had stopped Boonma at gunpoint one day and marched him to a village. "I was so scared," he recalls. "There were communists everywhere, more than 1,000 men, and I realized I'd stumbled upon their hideout. The leader introduced himself, put his gun under my chin and told me they shot government spies." Boonma was beaten and interrogated. "They...
...Over in Bangkok, Duncan Palmer, general manager of the Sukhothai, is shrugging bespoke-suited shoulders at what would normally be a terrible occupancy rate of 35% and is waiting for September, when, hopefully, "the real pickup" will come. "Thailand hasn't been affected by SARS as much as China, but we're still tarred with the same brush. People in Europe are going, 'Hmm, darling, let's save Bangkok for next year...
...leisure travelers, they are few and far between, and generally fall into the expat weekend-getaway category: the couple deserting SARS-afflicted Hong Kong for a spa weekend in Bali, a lonely bachelor checking out of a subdued Singapore for a Bangkok party break. "Intraregional travel is leading the pack," says Kodowlski "because places aren't so far from home. People are closer to the reality of SARS; they see behind the media hype...
...been the Madagascar Giant Hissing Cockroach, an imported species that can grow to centimeters in length and sells in pet shops for $1.20. "They're clean, they're cute and I love the sound they make," explains a proud local pest owner. Besides hissing, they also sizzle. Last week, Bangkok health authorities seized more than 200 of the roaches from pet shops, doused them with DDT and chucked them into a waste incinerator. Madagascar cockroaches were banned in Thailand last year, deemed a threat to national biosecurity. "They are an alien species that could damage the country's ecological system...