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...activities: Kayak, pontoon-boat and bike rentals; Birding Festival...
...Hotels and travel agents in Hua Hin and nearby Pranburi arrange tours to the park, and local operators offer kayak rental and boat trips. The park station is a good place to start an outing. A rugged trail climbs up craggy Khao Daeng hill to a lofty lookout. It's only half a kilometer, but nearly vertical the entire way. What a view, though: glittering shrimp ponds and lush, green fields skirt conical peaks all the way to the coast. The total seems fewer than 300, but as Khao Sam Roi Yot is such a pleasant break from Bangkok...
World-championship medals aren't enough. For the past three years, Brunet has owned the kayak world, winning eight of the nine gold medals available in K-1, or solo, events. But it's like having a closet full of shoes and nothing to wear. "They're nice, but they're not enough," she says. "I could win 20 times in a row at the worlds, but I need to know I have succeeded in this sport. To really do that, you need to win at the Olympics...
...light bulbs as bright as stadium lights and computer-controlled hydroponic systems for fertilizing and watering several hundred plants. The smugglers move the stuff on every conceivable conveyance--over back roads in four-wheel-drive vehicles, through the woods on snowmobiles and dogsleds, and over water by boat, sea kayak...
...states and nine Canadian provinces, she can hunt elk in Montana on one weekend and wild turkeys in Wisconsin, or deer in Texas, on another. BOW students learn to fish in all kinds of waters; shoot a rifle, shotgun or bow; navigate through different terrain; canoe and sea-kayak; harvest wild foods and herbs; hike through the wilds; and survive a winter night in the wilderness. From Friday morning to Sunday noon, participants choose four classes from more than 20 topics. (Even animal-rights supporters will find plenty of appealing courses, among them mountain biking and Dutch-oven cooking...