Friday, March 22

Where The Wild Things Are: The Remaining Truly Wild and Semi-Wild Places on Earth

Wild
definition for me:
Nature seems to overwhelm man, and Natural Selection seems to have the upper hand or a parity with the life extending attempts of civilization

Amazon
Antarctica
New Guinea
The Congo
Alaska
Siberia
The Sahara
Western Saudi Arabia
The Darien Gap
Greenland
The West Coast of Canada
The East Coast of Canada
Ninuvut

Semi Wild
Nature might not be completely in charge, but Civilization's life extending attempts seem to be balanced by a non governmental group of authorities, or a vacuum of authority that leads to a more independent although potentially more savage set of human behaviors.

Sierra Nevada Occidental, Mexico
Western Colombia
Parts of Western China
Somalia
Yemen
American Ghettos
Afghanistan
Parts of Pakistan
Ghettos around the World
Eastern Burma

The Famous Lawless Triangles Defined
The Word Triangle, like adding the word Gate to the name of a Political Scandal, implies a place of danger and sometimes even lawless violence or conflict.

Asia
Emerald Triangle     Burmese, Chinese Laotian Border  Smuggling and Opium
Golden Triangle      Burmese, Thai, and Laotian Border   Smuggling and Opium
Iron Triangle  Area of strong Vietcong resistance to US led war in Vietnam. It was in Bihn Duong PRovice about 25 miles north of the major city of Saigon, now Ho Chi Mihn City, up the Saigon River in what was then South Vietnam. Cu Chi is technically south of the Iron Triangle, but it's famous tunnels were concentrated within the triangle.
The Golden Crescent   A Swath through Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran   Smuggling and Opium, and Terrorism  As the Crescent Moon is a symbol in Muslim Countries, it was used to characterize a these areas of hilly to mountainous poppy growing areas around the Hindu Kush
Sunni Triangle    Area of Major Insurrection by Sunni Minority Loyal to Saddam Hussein after American Invasion and Occupation of Iraq in 2003   IT is loosely the environs of Baghdad North to Bayji including Tikrit, and West to Ramadi including Fallujia
Triangle of Death   Area of Major Insurrection by Sunni Minority Loyal To Saddam Hussein after American Invasion and Occupation of Iraq in 2003   Defined as an area South of Baghdad to al Hilah, and west to the Euphrates River

North America
Bermuda Triangle    Sensationalized area of potential paranormal activity to explain missing airplanes and ships over a long period of time. Cornered by Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and the South Florida Coast.
Golden Triangle of Mexico Durango, Sinaloa, and Chihuahua Border   Cocaine Smuggling, and Opium and Marijuana Growth
Emerald Triangle of US  Mendocino, Humboldt, and Trinity Counties on the North Coast of California. Place of Major Illicit Marijuana Growth, most of those involved in these activities are local residents of travelers from other US cities, but with recent activity by Mexican Cartels.
Poppy Pentagon   (Pentagano de Amapola) Opium Growing area that is most of the State of Guerrero Mexico. The corners are Alcapolco, Chilpanchingo, Iguala, Arcelo and Zehuantaneho.







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