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...hear it before you see it. A group of fire fighters are milling quietly on a sunlit New York City street. Then you hear the roar. It's a jet, too loud, too low. The camera jerks up to catch a shaft of blue sky pierced by American Airlines Flight 11 as it plunges, javelin-like, into the north tower of the World Trade Center...
...Then the real action begins. The tattoo awakens demons, and Niwet, who spent time in jail for manslaughter, is on all fours on the gravel outside the temple, blood and ink oozing from his back. He bares his teeth, growls, rises with a feral roar and hurtles himself toward a row of monks chanting on a makeshift altar. But between him and the praying monks are 41 soldiers and volunteers recruited to subdue the devotees. They wrestle Niwet to the ground and one rubs his earlobe. That drives the demons away...
...hectare island can be walked in about an hour and a half. Go in the late afternoon, when the air is cooler and families sit out on their front porches preparing dinner. After a few hours of hearing nothing louder than the calls of cranes, Bangkok's rush and roar will be forgotten. The river oasis can be reached by water taxi from Nonthaburi for about $7 for a round trip...
...Disney-esque architectural park, I longed for the tranquil pace of the Chao Phraya. We eventually returned to the river, but the Mekhala II was already on her way back down to Bangkok. Instead we boarded gaily colored longtails and were whisked off to Ayuthaya in a roar of engines...
...bystanders packed six deep. If you think that is agony though, consider the poor drag queens who walk the 3-km-long route in 15-cm stilettos. A few floats and costumes may shock?and occasionally the crowd gasps loudly?but more often they simply laugh, applaud or roar in approval. The largest cheers are reserved for gay members of the police force, who march in uniform. Twenty-four years ago, the authorities stopped the protest march. Now they are part...