Travel tidbits

So, after watching CNN today, Thailand is now officially axed from my itinerary. Possibly India, too. A friend just emailed and said there was a 9.0 earthquake in Russia today. What is going on??? That's three 8.0+ earthquakes in under a week.

The current total is 80,000 people dead. They estimate there will be at least 100,000 dead. There are so many corpses, they don't have enough people to be able to check for identification, and the mass graves are already starting. This is an incredibly horrific event and probably the worst most of us will witness in our lives. Please give to Red Cross to help the relief effort:

http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/my-pay-page/PX3BEL97U9A4I

While there is normally a charge for organizations to use this feature through Amazon.com, Amazon.com is not taking a percentage of the amount they collect for this disaster. 100% of all money collected will go to the Red Cross.

Next week, I will start figuring out a new itinerary. Perhaps I will stay in this area for a little while longer, and then just head towards Europe. Or, if you have any suggestions, do email me and let me know. I don't fancy going anywhere prone to natural disasters, nor do I really fancy going to anywhere that has just experienced one (or more). (Side note: OK. Florida was an exception, because I already had my ticket to Argentina, and the area of Florida I went to was not really affected by the hurricanes.)