week 305

Mon: Tsimanampetsotse National Park authorities show little tolerance for the nomadism practiced by the Mikea people in southwest Madagascar.

Tue: Sighishoara town draws “blood” from the gullible tourists in search of Vlad the impaler.

Wed: Even though it is passed April 1st, the fools risk driving on top of the thawing Indigirka river, from Ust Nera to Khonuu, just to reach the artic circle.

Thu: Opal extraction took people to outback places such as White Cliffs in the late 19th century. Not much has since changed.

Fri: Oil extraction utilities abandoned after the US embargo decay leaking toxic petrochemicals into the waters of lake Maracaibo to nobody’s care.