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...living in Hong Kong out of my system. Breath-ing air chunky with particu-lates, eating mercury-laden shellfish and sharing close quarters with almost 7 million sneezing, coughing and spitting people isn't the purest way to live. Daily yoga, fresh air and healthy eating on the beach seemed the perfect antidote...
...Friends recommended the Sanctuary (thesanctuary-kpg.com), a health retreat nestled away on Haad Tien beach on the island of Koh Phangan in southern Thailand. The island is notorious for its full-moon parties, during which an international cast of backpackers mingle and dance on Haad Rin beach. They also ingest enough mind-altering chemicals to cause the nearest psychiatric hospital to double its staff on the big night. But a brief longtail-boat ride away from the lunacy, the Sanctuary offers a return to sanity and a healthier frame of mind...
...What sets them apart is that they roll up into neat, space-saving balls that can be tossed into any carryon or briefcase. The footwear does have drawbacks. The soles are too thin to jog on, so Reebok is touting its Travel Trainers as good for walking on the beach or treadmill and doing yoga. The brightly colored shoes, which retail for $75, have won fans in Britain, France and Japan, where Reebok sells them from vending machines at airports and train stations. In the U.S. the shoes are being marketed as high fashion and are available only at trendy...
Inspired, King took a leave from his job and signed up for intensive pilot training at a school in Pompano Beach, Fla. Training and studying all day for 20 days straight, King, 30, learned to operate a single-engine Cessna 172 under visual flight rules. "I was scared at the beginning, but now I love to fly," says King, a licensed pilot who is working toward a second certification that will allow him to fly in bad weather and at night by using the plane's instruments. "It's very relaxing being up there," he says. "Hey, it's cheaper...
...artists have established a thriving colony. (Many of these warehouses will be demolished in coming months to make way for more space-efficient high-rises). Stop by the DDM Warehouse at 713 Dongda Ming Road, where the eclectic exhibits include real, albeit dead, cows and sheep inflated like giant beach balls and neatly planted rows of garlic that are presumably supposed to represent something deeper than, uh, neatly planted rows of garlic...