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Behind them snaked many more people, an ever-growing line, all fleeing the violence engulfing their country for the relative safety of Lebanon.

“I was sitting there in the jungle with every bug, snake and crocodile, thinking there had to be a better way to make a living. That’s when I started thinking: urban jungle.”

Koh Samui, Thailand, where Season 3 of "The White Lotus" is set, is where grace and spirituality scrape against snake shows and sensual hedonism.

Other areas are raked in patterns resembling a Zen garden, and some contain replica tracks of native animals, including coyotes, bears and snakes.

Maybe someone ate the fruit from the pong-pong tree, or suffered a snake bite, or a death glare from one of the monkeys was extra strong that morning.