Word: perring
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...Under the coaching of Crocker and wife Katherine T. “Cissie” Jones, most of the players have been transformed from inexperienced riders to mallet-waving, galloping fiends. And with only three players per lineup on the field during an intercollegiate game, having even one player as experienced as Nick has made the national championships a genuine possibility this year for the young team. But for that very same reason, Nick’s success is a constant bleak reminder of how much the club will lose next season...
...inch mallet creates a satisfying thwack!, not a dull thud, against the ball, which flies precisely in the direction he intends even as he sits atop an animal that could be moving from 25 to 35 miles per hour. Nick rides the horse with a knowing intimacy, as he rhythmically pumps his upper body so that the two work as one fluid unit. No longer is Nick an awkward ursine: he’s a four-legged creature with two abdomens...
...also lack access to programs and materials they need to keep themselves safe. According to a November 2008 Beijing municipal report, of the 90,000 female sex workers in the capital, only 46.5 percent reported using condoms. With payments in some areas of the country as low as $5 per customer, many sex workers can't afford effective protection, and free condoms distributed in government programs are often low quality. "We hear the girls complain all the time that the condoms break when they use them," says Elaine Lam, of the Hong Kong-based sex workers support organization, Zi Teng...
...other travelers. Most of the guesthouses and hostels in Koh Kong are run by Europeans and Australians (the proprietor and family usually live on-site) and are good for getting a drink, sitting in a hammock and chatting up your neighbor. They're also good for a cheap ($7 per night) room, if you can endure using a shared toilet. If not, I suggest you stay at the $35-per-night Koh Kong City Hotel (Street 1, Koh Kong; +855-35-936-777) on the waterfront, which is sparse and basic but has decadent, memory-foam-style mattresses and private...
...rooms for $5 to $400, depending on your budget. We got the last room, a private bungalow, at the one real resort in town, the Sokha Beach Resort (Street 2 Thnou, Sihanoukville; +855-34-935-999; reservations@sokhahotels.com), which was nice enough but not worth the $200-plus per night...