Missing woman unwittingly joins search party looking for herself

A group of tourists spent hours Saturday night looking for a missing woman near Iceland's Eldgja canyon, only to find her among the search party.

The group was travelling through Iceland on a tour bus and stopped near the volcanic canyon in the southern highlands Saturday afternoon, reports the Icelandic news organization mbl.is.

One of the women on the bus left to change her clothes and freshen up. When she came back, her busmates didn't recognize her.

Soon, there was word of a missing passenger. The woman didn't recognize the description of herself, and joined in the search.

About 50 people searched the terrain by vehicles and on foot. The coast guard was even readying a helicopter to help.

But the search was called off at about 3 a.m., when it became clear the missing woman was, in fact, accounted for and searching for herself.

Indian Restaurant in Paris 2005

Whilst having an evening meal in an Indian Restaurant in Paris, I was quite aware that French was probably the second language of the Indian staff. This left me thinking that English was probably a distant third language ... if I was lucky! The menu had all the items listed in the mandatory French, but also included a faint grey English translation in tiny lettering. Therefore, I was able to avoid escargot and grenoiulle(?).
Because of the extremely limited vocabulary of the restauranteurs, I was on the receiving end of statements such as, "You eat. You sit." I knew they weren't being rude as they were obviously trying to communicate with the ignorant foreigner (me!).

This leads me to a question:

If cows are considered sacred animals in India, why can we buy Beef Vindaloo at an Indian restaurant?

Cambodia

Have you ever been to Cambodia?

I spent time in Cambodia during travel in 2005. I was profoundly shocked at how bad human suffering can get. The people are still recovering from the havoc wrought by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge. The Rouge ruled from 1975 until 1979 (at which time the Vietnamese invaded and installed a puppet regime). The Rouge forced all urban inhabitants into the countryside, so that they could set up compulsory labour camps and commence mass executions. Visited Tuol Sleng (a.k.a. S-21) just outside of Phnom Penh. This complex was originally a secondary school which the Rouge converted to a genocidal prison. Roughly 20,000 people including children were tortured and killed,within these walls. Nationally, loss of life estimates range from 1.5 to 3 million during the 3 year and 8 month period the Rouge were in 'government'. The cells, human skulls and various torture devices are still in the complex for all to see, and comprehend how miserable or despicable life under this regime was.

Today Cambodia has a very young population and is still rebuilding. In 2005 there were only 2 ATM machines operating in the country (local use only).

Signs I spotted in a hotel foyer: "No Guns. No Knives. No Durian Fruit" and "Checkout Time is 12:00 A.M"

If you have been there then I would be keen to hear of your experience.