Thursday, December 30, 2004

Lonely Planet Publishers

I'm guessing that the journalists that earn their money writing for Lonely Planet will be looking for a bit of work. All of the destinations, such as Galle, Chennai, Phuket, Phi Phi Island and most of west coast Sumatra will have "under repair" or "under reconstruction" headings and no content for the next year or two. Maybe this is a chance to get rid of the abject poverty in these areas and build communities anew.

It is amazing the size of the devastation and I'm very surprised that part of Australia wasn't hit, or don't we know about it yet? I was kind of hoping that my intended blood donation could have helped but..

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