[angkor]

the pirate town of eyl, somalia

if you look at it in google earth, be sure to read the wikipedia link which has some interesting info

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=7.9634081,49.84758&z=16&t=h&hl=en

[AmericanInTokyo]

I watched for or five or so amateur videos on You Tube shot of Eyl, Somalia today; some guy with a handicam just walking around. They even have a little restaurant in the downtown section, where the hostages, when taken ashore, are all assembled for meals and kept in one place. The restaurant owner is making a killing. Al Jazeera or some other outlet said the place is becoming a boom town in the midst of squalor around it. People starting to drive Mercedes, women wearing top of the line clothes and jewelry. This is all PIRATE MONEY which is boosting the local economy of Eyl, it is said. You cant make this stuff up.

[TN4Liberty]

The whole country looks a lot like those pictures of Mars.

[unkus]

Wow, that place looks like a paradise!/s

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

the pirate town of eyl, somalia

I would turn "Eyl" into "Howl", ala William Tecumseh Sherman.