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Listen to the silence. all the snowy tracks and icy settings at the Winter Olympics elicit a different music from the Games that take place in the summer. Then, even the longest and most lonesome event - the marathon - is run amid the constant roar of crowds cheering every step of the race. The Winter Games has its own supply of electricity, but it's more a gathering hush as athletes contend with their frozen surroundings. You hear it in the cross-country skier's gasping solitary climb up a snowy hillside or in the sharp swoosh of a perilous slide...
...galley is placed in the center of a children's playground; the men move into a carefully choreographed spiral; then, on cue, they toss in their torches and with a roar, the ship goes up in a blaze of glory. tel: (44-8701) 999 440; www.visitshetland.com
...climax of the day is a terrifying amalgam of Lord of the Flies and the pilgrimage to Mecca. The galley is placed in the center of a children's playground; the men move into a carefully choreographed spiral; then, on cue, they toss in their torches and with a roar, the ship goes up in a blaze of glory. tel: (44-8701) 999 440; www.visitshetland.com
...Chinese New Year Races, held at the Hong Kong Jockey Club's Sha Tin track on Jan. 31. Local punters say that a win on this day will bring betting luck all year round. But even if your horse doesn't come in, the trackside buzz and the roar of the crowd will be enough to get tails wagging. For more information, visit discoverhongkong.com...
...Chinese New Year Races, held at the Hong Kong Jockey Club's Sha Tin track on Jan. 31. Local punters say that a win on this day will bring betting luck all year round. But even if your horse doesn't come in, the trackside buzz and the roar of the crowd will be enough to get tails wagging. For more information, visit discoverhongkong.com...