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...monks have been murdered (one was beheaded) and temples have been bombed, burned and shot at. Soldiers now routinely accompany monks on their morning alms round. At Pattani's Lak Muang temple, barefoot monks pad past sandbagged bunkers while soldiers keep fit and earn merit by jogging around a giant whitewashed stupa. But monks are quietly fleeing, say local Buddhists, and some soldiers have taken leave to be ordained as monks in a desperate attempt to bolster monastic numbers...
...restaurant, with its aquamarine walls and two cases displaying Skala's fantastic mechanical constructions, has the feel of tropical-sea shallows. The downstairs performance hall's orange stucco walls sprout giant polypores and bear soft bas-reliefs of such things as a nymph and an ear, evoking a dream sequence. And if you look hard enough inside one of the bars, you may even spot a palm-sized wall opening that reveals a secret crypt. Now that's underground. tel: (420-2) 96 330 911; www.palacakropolis.cz
...KATAMARI DAMACY Just roll with it. This quirky Japanese masterpiece is a giant ball...
...pint-size cosmic prince frantically rolling his Katamari (a sticky ball) around a landscape filled with household objects. At first, the Katamari can pick up only thumbtacks and other small items. But the larger it gets, the more it can pick up, until eventually you've got a ridiculous giant ball of junk that can successfully spear skyscrapers. This is the game that the phrase "fun for kids of all ages" was made for--and it doesn't hurt that, at $19.88, it's less than half the price of a regular video game...
...sword fighting or sneaking into a hostile town at night. Wooing the governor's daughter now involves dancing the right steps at a society ball. Best of all, Pirates! (for PC; $49.99) still lets you play exactly the way you want to, turning the entire Caribbean into your own giant sandbox. It's the closest thing to a gamer's island paradise...