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...rent: a tropical island in the Andaman Sea, covered in primary rain forest and fringed by coral reefs. Current occupants: hermit crabs, several varieties of snake, geckos, bats, rats, shrews, birds and the occasional sea turtle visiting the beach to lay her eggs. Going cheap at $100 a year...
...head of the queue, sitting in the lotus position, is Luang Phi Pao, a young monk whose arms and legs are covered with tattooed mantras and serpents. He dips a pointed, 60-cm silver rod into blue black ink infused with Chinese herbs and snake venom. With a steady rhythm, he delicately jabs Niwet Paopunsri, an auto mechanic, inscribing the words The Heart of Lord Buddha in ancient Khmer on the small of his back. (That's Pao's specialty; other monks draw animals or religious symbols.) Finished with the inscription, Pao whispers a prayer...
...minutes later, Bono emerges rumpled but renewed. As he exits the restaurant and makes his way through the mob on Bourbon Street, he throws his hands in the air and screams to no one in particular, "No, I will not do the snake dance...
...majority of the Sept. 11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia, why wasn't that country part of Bush's axis of evil? Iraq allows religious tolerance and has Christians working in its government. Yet Saudi Arabia permits no religion but Islam. And what about Pakistan, home to a snake pit of anti-American extremists, where Westerners have been targeted, abducted and killed? America's first antiterrorist priorities should be Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. JOHN GRADY Dublin...
...minutes later, Bono emerges rumpled but renewed. As he exits the restaurant and makes his way through the mob on Bourbon Street, he throws his hands in the air and screams to no one in particular, "No, I will not do the snake dance...