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Flooding In India, Super Typhoon Parma in Philippines, Strong Wind in Britain

Just as I was about to write this post, I received an email message from India.  The sender of the email said: “I am from India state of Andhra Pradesh, our old capital city Kurnool filled with floods, people are without hope this night.”

I had not been paying attention to the Indian subcontinent, so this message [...]

Indonesia Earthquake, Samao Tsunami and Typhoon Ketsana

This has been a week of disasters. In the last 48 hours we saw 2 powerful undersea earthquakes erupting, one of which was accompanied by a tsunami.  Earlier we also saw a powerful typhoon striking five countries.

First off, a powerful 7.6 magnitude undersea earthquake struck Indonesia, with Padang in Sumatra most badly affected.  Initial reports say more than [...]

Happy Folk On A Mountain-Top

At my travel blog, I sometimes get comments such as – you’re so lucky you get to travel for free to so many countries in your job! Standing at the bottom of a mountain where the only way up was a steep, holey path which had to be tackled on foot, I could not say I [...]