Fights over illegal fishing lead to armed conflict, deaths ( Read more... )

The only places that I have personally been that were hit by yesterday's tsunamis are Krabi & Koh Phi Phi, Thailand.

. . . Despite the pulverized landscape, Phuket amounted to a refuge for hundreds of tourists making their way back from outlying islands on Monday. Among the hardest hit was Koh Phi Phi, ( Read more... )

Yesterday's lead editorial from the Washington Post ( Read more... )

Architecture, gray skies, light cold rain, the landscape architectural sculpture of the reclining woman bathing in the pond at Stromovka Park. I would post a picture, but I broke my digital camera and pretty much was hating life by that time . . . Big international travel fair. A reprise of mine and Danka's second date 3 years ago. Talked to ( Read more... )