Turning 58 today, I've been reminiscing about places I've visited that have since been physically devastated.
I started travelling in 1978 (excluding my migration from the UK to Australia at age 12)
Bam, Iran destroyed by an earthquake
Kabul & the Bamiyan Buddhas, Afghanistan
Krabi &Koh Phi Phi, Thailand
the World Trade Center NY
& now the ancient city of Aleppo & particularly the Ummayyad Mosque are being destroyed, simply because of a power struggle.
I'm sad that natural disasters take so many lives but angry that a total lack of the idea of heritage can lead protagonists to destroy their own history.
