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STRANGE BREW "Young sister, you drink ruou?you must have some more," the flush-faced butcher insisted, waving the bottle in my direction. With the glowing benevolence of a newfound friend, he poured the berry red medicinal rice wine into tiny teacups. Someone shouted the ubiquitous toast "Mot tram phan tram" (which means 100%) as we downed the liquor with one gulp and, in my case, with a grimace. Binh and his fellow butchers had been sitting around the tea stall in Cao Bang market for an hour, and we were on our third round of ruou and feeling little...
...going to write this response paper about the swing era entirely out of words I found playing Boggle. Fare mate. Arms, mares, tram, Dizzy Gillespie...
...ancient, narrow, car-choked streets - is a transportation nightmare at the best of times. The Greek government has been spending billions of euros building a new airport (successfully completed), new metro lines (mostly completed), 100 km of new highways (far from completed) and a new light-rail and tram system (only just begun). "By the time the Games begin, Athens will be a different city," says transportation manager Protopsaltis. "We will totally change the way it functions and that will be the legacy of the Olympics to Athens." If, that is, the dozens of projects now tying Athens in knots...
...spectacular daytime views, Lugard Road circles Victoria Peak with four kilometers of paved path, complete with viewing platforms, picnic areas and physical fitness stops, so you can take a breather while working out on the parallel bars. Take a bus or a tram to the peak; the path starts just behind the Peak Caf?. Ambitious runners who don't mind a thigh-busting uphill hike can link Bowen and Lugard Roads via Wanchai Gap and over to Barker Road, adding another two kilometers...
...resort area of Hakone is blessed with a location at the base of Mount Fuji. A speedy train takes you from Tokyo to the town of Hakone Yumoto, where you transfer to a tram that zigs and zags into the mountains. Since its founding in 1878, the Fujiya Hotel fujiyahotel.co.jp in the hamlet of Miyanoshita has attracted foreign visitors, among them General Douglas MacArthur and John Lennon. Sepia-tinted Western charm--afternoon tea, French cuisine, decor like your Great Aunt Minnie's--infuses the famed institution. Across the street, the Naraya Inn (81-460-2-2411) offers more...