Sumatra - Lake Toba

Off to Lake Toba in Northern Sumatra, Indonesia for 5 days.

Photos by Sri.

Mercedes Benz!



white hot.

mango season.

the king of fruits - durian.

shop front.

oh i took this one. cruise on the lake.

shy fruit sellers.

shy motorcyclists.

lake toba - largest lake in Southeast Asia - actually in the caldera of a volcano that erupted long long ago.

Guesthouse water front on an island in the lake -an island bigger than singapore.

into the volcano.

ok actually this is a hot spring -water and sulphur boiling to the surface

徽杭古道

Took the night train from Shanghai towards Huang Shan for a weekend of hiking on the Huihang Gudao, and ancient trading route connecting Anhui province to Zhejiang. From the top of the pass we climbed to the summit of Qing Liang Feng, the tallest peak in the area.

December in Cambodia

heads up

If you still don't understand the current financial crisis, I recommend that you take a look at "Money as Debt", and listen to a radio documentary put together by Chicago Public Radio and NPR called "The Giant Pool of Money".

"Money as Debt" is a primer on money creation/monetary theory, and "The Giant Pool of Money" is an entertaining look at the specifics of the crisis, and includes interviews with people all the way down the chain.

It's a starting point anyway, and should provide you basis for asking more questions about the crisis.