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Show aS The Salt Lake Tribune Section H RAV EB FORBIDDEN BEACH WHERE ARE YOU? #2 @CURRENCY RATES / H-? SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 1998 rande’s a Vegas Casino Bets a Bundle OnRussian Art Thelargest collection of historical Russi; an art treasures is comingto ts right. The ino outbid museums across the U.S. to obtain exclusiverights to the collection from the Peterhof Treasures of Russia” opens Noy. 6 at the Rio. Mostof the art from the Peter rhof, the Palaces of the Czars in St. Petersburg, is leaving Russian soil forthefirst time. Thetreasure includes 1,150 art objects porce lain, pai s, jewelry, tapestries, gowns, uniforms andreligious pieces. The works cove Romanov Dynasty, ) years of the from Czar Peter the Great to the last Czar, NicholasII. It is the story of the Russian czars as told throughart and artifact. Thecoronation throneof Peter the Great will beset upin appropriate splendor at the Rio, flanked by 18th: century tapestries. TheLas Vegas hotel is construct ing 13 special galleries to house the collection. The galleries will dupli. catetheoriginal rooms andgalleries in the Romanov summer palaces at Peterhof Of majorinterest are numerous Faberge eggs including the Fauberge and Imperial Chanticleereggs. Theexhibition will be open daily from 10 a.m. to midnight, beginning Nov. 6. Crocodile Tamer Dead After decades ofdefying death in crocodile shows,Thailand's famed crocodile hunter and tamerhas died of lung diseaseat the ageof84, a BY ERIC JOHNSON never visited. They oftenv haAve SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE not heard of it or. at | no clueas to where itis. Yet it one and ranks with Yello Things comein threes at Big Bend National Park in spokesman for the Samut Prakan Crocodile Farm said. Yuen Charoensuk, also known as Uncle Yao, suffered from emphyse Yosemite in size, variety of ter: ain and wildlife, and exotic southwest Texus. The Kio Grande cuts three great canyons in its ma. Hundreds of thousandsof tourists things seen no placeelse It is just so far to come. and gigantic are through the Chihuahuan Desert. Three cultures Anglo, Hispanic. Indian met and frequently clashed in the had witnessed Yuen’s shows since he began performing at the farm in 1973. He thrust his head inside a crocodile’s jaws in eachact. Part Thai and part Vietnamese. harsh countryside. What's more, three parks in ral gem lush river. vast desert and stately mountains Photos by Eric and Sue JohnsowSpecial to theTribune while visiting Cambodia during the Adventurers relax at a rare water hole amid the barren beauty of Big Bendcountry of southwestTexas. 1960s. According to local folklore, Uncle Yao used black magicto hunt and kill hundreds of dangerous And theland still is recovering Grande nourishes a ribbon thin greenbelt in an endless acon tanchine ceneeiativ the tater, more a Suggestion than a w all fromthethree economic activ. ities of mining, farming and enone a sig Bend net is al yest os nation al park that most le have crocodiles in Cambodiaand Thai land. That remoteness, all the same. is part of its appeal. The river ties it all together. For 1 niles on the park's south rn border, and dividing the t S. from Mexico, the Rio onemakeup this remotenatu Yuen learned to hunt and tame crocodiles from a Buddhist monk it is not on the way to any where else S°SeTE . The SSE border is On a warm spring day. a See BIG BEND, Pave H-6 See McCARTHEY,Puge H-5S MISSIONARY PARENTS!Call usforall yourtravel arrangements whenplanning to pick up your missionary! 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