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...fetch their chips. The two tiny figures squatting at her feet jump up, run upstairs and return clutching gambling counters. "What the customers paid," explains Mama San. In the three months since Lek was brought to this back-street brothel in the northern Thai town of Mae Sai, she has collected eight white chips and four blues--equal to $59.50. Tip has done better: her chips add up to $163. "Not a bad little earner," says Mama...
...Roll over, Beethoven?and light me a cigarette. Ever since Thai-Chinese violin sensation Vanessa-Mae was featured on a 1995 album cover as if she had just won a wet-nightgown competition, record companies have been prowling for accomplished female musicians capable of playing fiddle at a high, steamy pitch. In bond (the "b" is lowercase in deference to 007 copyright lawyers), U.K.-based Decca Records has found its own variation of Sex in the Symphony. Released in 2000, the group's first album, Born, topped classical music charts around the world, selling more than 1 million copies...
...years waged a vicious, opium-funded guerrilla war against the armies of both communist China and Burma. They were gradually pushed south until, battle weary and demoralized, they sought sanctuary in neighboring Thailand. About 4,000 men, under General Tuan Shi-wen, settled in what was then called Mae Salong. After the lost army gave up its involvement in the opium trade, the Thai government, in an effort to symbolize the area's transformation, changed the name to Santikhiri, meaning hill of peace...
...steady stream of tour operators now convey travelers up the vertiginous road to Santikhiri?particularly from December until February when the cherry trees dot the slopes with their pink exuberance?but it wasn't always thus. As late as the mid-1970s, Doi Mae Salong was strictly off-limits to outsiders. Tuan and his men had struck an agreement with the Thai government that their presence would be tolerated, provided they helped fight the Thai communist insurgents in the region. The fiercest battle began in 1970 and lasted five years. Almost 1,000 kmt soldiers perished before they finally routed...
...place to go for an escape, not for a hill-tribe adventure. "Most of our guests are happy to enjoy the cherry blossoms and the fresh air, walk in the hills and eat some good Chinese food," says Lui Pao-hong, with an American twang. Lui runs the Mae Salong Resort, a smattering of no-frills bungalows tucked between towering pines, and he sports the perpetual smile of those who have found their calling. For reservations call...