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...Loop" first leads to Sapa, a mist-shrouded hill station 350 kilometers north of Hanoi, surrounded by hill-tribe villages. From Sapa, the route goes southwest to Dien Bien Phu, the battlefield of the historic Viet Minh victory that spelled the end of French colonial rule, and finally to Mai Chau, a picturesque valley of traditional White Thai tribe stilt houses and rice paddies set amid craggy limestone cliffs. Motorbiking Vietnam (www.motorbikingvietnam.com) offers tours with Vietnamese-speaking guides and mechanics. Or rent your own bike from Phuong Duc Cuong, the legendary Minsk mechanic at 40 Luong Ngoc Quyen Street...
Popular culture is the most sensitive barometer we have for gauging shifts in the national mood, and it's registering a big one right now. Our fascination with science fiction reflected a deep collective faith that technology would lead us to a cyberutopia of robot butlers serving virtual mai tais. With The Two Towers, the new installment of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, about to storm the box office, we are seeing what might be called the enchanting of America. A darker, more pessimistic attitude toward technology and the future has taken hold, and the evidence...
...battery-powered minisubmarine tricked out with cameras and floodlights and operated by wireless remote control. It trails a slender cable behind it that transmits whatever it sees back to a monitor topside, so you can rummage through Davy Jones' locker while sunning yourself on deck and sipping a mai tai. The product of years of research and testing, Spyfish is elegant and streamlined but rugged enough to withstand depths of 500 ft. and conditions too cold or dangerous for a human diver. INVENTOR H2Eye AVAILABILITY Late in 2003; around $14,900 TO LEARN MORE www.h2eye.com...
...other program directors, like Mai A. Huynh ’03, director of Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment, say they are concerned about first-years’ lack of interest in tutoring—a problem they say requires a long-term solution...
...Coffee is to hot beverages?heartfelt and happenin'. Its Thai owner heard B.B. King perform in London in the early '90s and has recreated an authentic blues bar atmosphere on Chaisongkram Road. Resident and visiting bluesmen bop against a backdrop of Indonesian batiks, Western blues festival posters and Chiang Mai lanterns. The one thing owner Chart has not brought to Pai, however, is the late hours: out of consideration for his neighbors, he voluntarily turns off the amplifiers...