PANAMA

pop-3,460,462....av/yr  income $11,900

panama is an example of  human ideas turned into reality

TASMANIA

pop.-456,652....av/yr income-$43,000

It  was wonderful to play in the Tasmania scrabble club and to hold my own....Of course they had free challenges,which helped. ..........I was also delighted to finally see a Tasmanian Devil.

NORTH VIETNAM

pop. 85,262,356 .av/yr income $2,800..... everyone riding mopeds........HO CHI MINH was a hero...as a scrabble player.....was happy to see the home of XU

CAMBODIA

pop.13,995,904...av/yr income $2,000 .One of the first activities on my visit to cambodia was to ride in a boat in a lake . I ask my guide about some bushes sticking out of the water...He said they are not bushes ,they are tops of trees....now that's flooding