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...guidebook series, The Dog Lover's Companion (Avalon Travel Publishing, $18 to $22), offers the inside scoop on where dogs are most welcome across the U.S. Dog-friendly restaurants, shops and hotels are listed, along with such amenities as dog runs, parks and beaches. The books also rate standard tourist attractions for doggie value: the Lincoln Memorial gets four paws for the photo ops by the "stunning" reflecting pool...
...error occurred while processing this directive]In the time it takes me to get home?which could be anywhere between 20 minutes and an hour, depending on traffic?hundreds of unsuspecting tourists will enter similarly Faustian bargains with tuk-tuk drivers in all corners of the capital. A white-knuckle, smog-shrouded ride in one of these golf-carts-on-steroids should be on the top of any Bangkok tourist's checklist, up there with a visit to the Grand Palace, a kickboxing match at Lumpini Stadium, shopping at Chatuchak weekend market and a longtail-boat ride to the Temple...
...Most likely the tuk tuk will eventually go the way of the samlor and of its person-powered relative, the ricksha, becoming just another tourist curio and footnote in the annals of Asian transport. But to watch tuk tuks zigzagging cheekily through cracks in the traffic, to listen to that deafening two-stroke note that sounds like a defiant raspberry directed at detractors, is to realize that the tuk tuk is not going to go without a fight...
...home crowds over heavily favored Australia. Most of the upset so far, though, centers on the eight opening-round matches scheduled to be played in Zimbabwe and Kenya. New Zealand refused to play in Kenya, citing security concerns stemming from last year's suicide bomb attack on a Mombasa tourist hotel, and warnings of possible further terrorist actions. And, up to opening day, the English and Australian teams were still discussing the possibility of refusing to play in Zimbabwe, where President Robert Mugabe has become an international pariah because of his repressive regime. Government officials protest that Britain has blown...
...Image and Empire” juxtaposes different works to give a comprehensive view of “courtly art” created for British patrons and Indian aristocrats, as well as “tourist art” including figurines and opaque watercolors made en masse. “The mix of objects is important,” said Kimberly Masteller, assistant curator of Islamic and later Indian art and curator of the show. “It allows the visitor to gain a broad perspective of the kind of art that was created for all audiences...