True story: at work today I was editing the Copan section of Lonely Planet's new Guatamala guide, and had to stop because the cartographer hadn't finished the Copan map. So I thought 'I'll take a break and look at Neatorama.' And there was this link, to cool pics of Copan that make the place suddenly seem much more interesting... thanks!

I visited Turufan and the Flaming Mountains in summer last year and it was incredibly hot - amazing extremes in temperature from that to this icy cold. These mountains are famous as the literal hills of fire that Monkey put out with a magic fan in 'Journey to the West' (the stories about the Monkey King that the TV shows Monkey and Saiyuki, and games/shows like Dragon Ball etc are based on). See http://www.lonelyplanet.com/journeys/feature/china_monkey1106.cfm for some pics I took there.