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...serves Mandarin prawn toast, cauliflower Manchurian and vegetable wontons. It's "The Authentic Chinese Restaurant," if you believe the sign, but when an unsuspecting visitor steps in, he finds that the waiters, the diners, the owners - everyone is Indian. "Here there are so many Pakistani restaurants," shrugs the amiable proprietor, laughing at the thought that there might be Chinese faces in a Chinese restaurant. "The locals go bonkers for that food. This is something different...
...boys and girls sitting around sipping lao-lao cocktails in Hope's Oasis, most probably won't try opium during their stay in Vang Viang, and a few will sample the drug once for the experience and not feel compelled to pick it up again. Clarky, the Canadian proprietor of Hope's, admits that some of his customers are in town for the dope, but insists most of them are here "because Laos is a full-on, rad place that's totally blowing up. Everybody's coming to Laos and not just for the dope but because of the people...
...harsh remoteness of the outback, and the pioneers' struggle to survive it, are more than a memory in these regions. "The Territory remains an area of adventure," says Les Pilton, proprietor of the Barrow Creek Hotel, who took in the distraught Lees until police arrived three hours later. "It's one of the last frontiers. Part of that is that there is a danger; it's life on the very edge." Distances are almost unimaginable to outsiders: once a week Pilton makes a 570-km round trip just to go to the bank, or for a haircut. Roads...
...It’s good for you,” the proprietor suggested, quoting the legendary advertisements that still beckon people off the streets and into Irish pubs...
...headed to Hong Kong's Sheung Wan district, which is home to hundreds of shops selling all manner of traditional medicines. The window of the first shop I entered looked promising: dried seahorses were arranged on a dirty glass cabinet with pieces of deer antler inside. The smiling proprietor showed me a range of products that ran from deer's penis to a tea made from summer grass, a fungus that grows on the larvae of bat moths, priced at $600 for 500 grams. (There were no prices quoted for moth larvae penis...