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British air-traffic-control transmissions have been interrupted by wails from a baby monitor, a gadget that can also inadvertently eavesdrop on phone calls...
...five-star spas and "wellness" centers. For now, supply is outpacing demand, meaning typical room rates of 3200 a night can be halved by package deals. "They aren't typical Hilton guests in jackets and ties," says Paul Kovacs, spokesman for the Hilton Budapest, which gets heavy weekend traffic. "These are young people, 25 to 40, mainly couples. They go on travel tours. They drink beer. It's leisure," he says. Look out, though, when the British stag parties start arriving, says Marketa Sebkova of the Hilton in Prague."They are loud. They get drunk." On fine champagne, no doubt...
...Questions" Interview with race-car driver Danica Patrick [June 13] filled me with admiration for the young woman until I read the last question. Her answer to how she deals with ordinary traffic jams--"I hate slow drivers ... I have road rage every day"--left me disappointed and angry. She should leave her aggression at the track and not take it with her among normal, law-abiding drivers. I hope I never have to share a road with...
...Bangkok has its attractions, but if you're a frequent visitor to Thailand and have had your fill of the capital's shopping and traffic, chances are you'll be arriving at Don Muang airport with but one desire: to get to the coast as fast as possible. There's good news if your chosen resort is Hua Hin. After a three-year hiatus, commercial flights have resumed between Bangkok and the seaside sanctuary most favored by Thailand's royal family. With the train taking more than four hours-and the tiresome 200-km road trip lasting almost as long...
...refusal to obey international protections for rare animals. A typical victim: the pangolin, a cute-as-a-button mammal, rather like an anteater, that is on the endangered list in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand but has been winding up in American-made handbags and cowboy boots. The illicit traffic is covered up with sketchy documents that omit the country of origin...