* By the power of UNESCO...
Those sterling fellows at UNESCO have stepped in to distance the organisation from the dubious natural7wonders.com campaign, which I mentioned in the last couple of posts, as it "cannot, in any significant and sustainable manner, contribute to the preservation of sites elected by this public" -- full press release here.

Obviously this could itself be some sort of ruse to try and get us off the hunt while Mount Fuji slips past Mount Phan Xi Pan into the top three, and if so we're not falling for it -- Fansipan vô địch!

*I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll ...

An angry mob does what the wolf couldn't do to a pig's brick house in Quang Nam and levels it. When you need to get something done, there's nothing like an angry mob...