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...inlets, mangrove lagoons and caves that honeycomb the shoreline. Try Huong Hai Tourism Co. in the bayside town of Bai Chay, tel: (84-33) 845-042, which operates several junks at $125 a person per day, including food, park fees and insurance. For kayaking, call Trails of Indochina in Hanoi at (84-88) 441-005, or Thailand-based SeaCanoe at (66-76) 212-252. If you want to travel to Cat Ba from Hanoi, travel agents in the capital can arrange a two- or three-day trip for $20-$40, which includes boat rides, a bus to and from...
...bedded cabins with attached bathrooms and hot showers. Inside the pilot's hatch is a consoling array of gadgetry, including a global positioning satellite system. And the galley is a paneled dining hall that seats 16 with a magnificent solid-wood table and, behind the stove, a chef from Hanoi. At lunch, he piles plates high with seafood bought fresh from local sampans, serving up four or five courses of fish, squid, prawns and crab, which we washed down with beer. Squeezing ourselves into the kayaks afterward became steadily more of an effort as the trip progressed...
...prisoner of war who returned to that Southeast Asian country in 1997 as Bill Clinton's U.S. ambassador. Fans tout Peterson as a Democratic John McCain; detractors say he is McCain without the charisma. But Nelson and Florida's senior Senator, Bob Graham, sent top Democratic fund raisers to Hanoi last spring to lure Peterson home. As he and his Vietnamese wife Vi Le were packing in May, Reno broke the blind-siding news that she too might run--setting up a potential north-south rift that could weaken the Democrats as they prepare to battle Bush...
...wireless revolution has been a bust for a lot of folks: we're having no success getting American Pie 2 over our Palm Pilots. To find the real visionaries these days, you've got to check out niche operators. In Vietnam, authorities warn that wireless-rigged clairvoyants in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are duping the distraught families of MIA soldiers from the Vietnam War. Their pitch: by combining their sixth sense with cellular technology, they can help families find the remains of their lost kin. After a consultation, a seer draws a map supposedly locating the missing body...
First Miss Cleo was charged with fraud. Now telephone telepathics in Vietnam are under fire. There are more than 300,000 Vietnamese soldiers missing from the war, and Hanoi is warning that clairvoyants are duping distraught relatives of MIA soldiers with claims of a 70% success rate in tracking down loved ones' remains--with the help of cell phones. After an initial consultation, a seer draws a map with the location of the missing body. The family heads to the site and makes cell-phone contact to narrow the search, receiving instructions like "See that banana tree? A little...