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Traffic-safety features such as guardrails and curbs, meant to keep cars on the road, tend to "trip" a tall SUV, causing it to flip over. Even changes in a paved surface, as when one wheel strays onto a gravel shoulder, can cause some SUVs to lose their balance...
...infernal heat, the children are wilting. It's time for a break - and it's Tuku's turn to sing. A dozen kids cluster round, jostling for the best view of the fingers that sprint across the strings. Then Tuku's voice, strong and clear with a hint of gravel, silences the choristers as it launches into an improv medley: "What you do in the dark can be known in a day/ What you do behind closed doors can be known everywhere." "One, two, three, four child ... no go school, no food." And from his 1998 hit Todii, a question...
...occasional gravel road proves bumpier than the hundreds of dirt paths snaking across the grassy valleys. No road signs and few inhabitants outside the capital mean reliance on other markers. "It's best to follow the telephone lines," our driver says. "They always go someplace"--in our case, straight into a big gold mine where giant earth-digging machines belch fumes and wildcatters pan in acrid ditches. (Mining is Mongolia's most valuable industry, though most Mongolians work in agriculture. Pollution is a problem around Ulan Bator, especially from the burning of soft coal in power plants...
Parlato says he was pleased to discover that the west wall of the inner-sanctum is illuminated by the sun. Parlato hopes the utter calm of the space will be brought out by the silhouettes and the sound of feet on gravel...
...More recently, the Minsk has attracted a cult following among expatriates in Hanoi, who are discovering what the Vietnamese have known for decades: the hardy dirt bike is ideal for touring mountain roads, gravel roads and places where there are no roads at all. In other words, perfect for the little-explored villages, wildly varied landscapes and historic sites of the north...