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...knows exactly what the impact a surplus of tens of millions of men will be on society. Sociologists predict that both military and monastic life will become more popular. But these institutions will only be able to soak up a limited number of men, and the government fears a rise in crime, prostitution and drug use as a swarm of bachelors roam the countryside. A hint of that future has already arrived in Shaanxi's Qiaogou village, where children play under a dusty apple tree, tossing scraps of vegetables as makeshift toys. The noise is the raucous glee of boys...
...cool enough to take a gentle ride to the river?s edge for a sunset cruise up the Irrawaddy. Villagers, back from the fields and trinket stands, tend to their evening ablutions while herdsmen drive weary water buffalo home after a good soak. Boats can be chartered from most riverside hotels, and nothing tastes better on board than a cold bottle of beer chased with tamarind candies...
...overbearingly themed Ballantine's Movie Colony on Indian Canyon Drive and head to the neighboring town of Desert Hot Springs for a night at Hope Springs. Formerly a residential hotel, Hope Springs is a low-key and welcoming 10-room inn done over in an austere '50s style. Soak your tired feet in its flow-through system of three spring-fed mineral pools, and say hello to Hector, a wirehaired terrier rescued by manager Nancy Morgan from the surrounding desert. (The lobby fire pit, done over as a tile fountain, is Hector's unofficial water bowl.) Better yet, stay...
...replace their flimsy huts with colonial-style bungalows, but most of them had piped hot water long before the arrival of their European neighbors. Boiling water is still diverted by a system of sluices to communal bathing pools, where the upstream temperatures cool down for a pleasant natural spa soak. Villagers also run cold-water pipes through the scalding pools to the taps in their houses, providing endless free supplies of hot water...
...Tarawera and there's a good chance you'll bag a trophy-sized trout. Do it from a Clearwater Charters boat, (64-7) 362-8590 or www.clearwater.co.nz , and Captain Doug Allen will cruise you over to where a boiling stream crosses a secret geo-thermally heated beach. While you soak in this natural hot tub at the lake's edge, he'll clean the fish, wrap it in tinfoil and bury it in the sand. An hour later, lunch is served...