A cruise liner docks near the Queen Mary and the Spruce Goose’s old home in Long Beach, which earned an 18. (Andy Newman / AP)
Stacks of paper maps are still kept in the offices of the Ordnance Survey in England. But the organization has gone digital. Its huge database of maps is updated daily. (Susan Spano / LAT)
A tram above the city of Salta affords expansive views of this populated part of the province. But much of this remote area of northwestern Argentina remains uninhabited. (Barbara Hansen / LAT)
With fewer tourists to Phuket Island in southern Thailand, earning a living is especially difficult for independent vendors at Patong Beach, above. Ibrahim Ngankaeng, below right, lost his wife and two grandsons, as well as his restaurant. (Beverly Beyette / LAT)
Ibrahim Ngankaeng lost his wife and two grandsons, as well as his restaurant in the 2004 Tsunami. (Beverly Beyette / LAT)
On Phi Phi Don, southeast of Phuket, Thailand, traditional long-tail boats are beached at Ton Sai Bay. (Beverly Beyette / LAT)
The Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort in Thailand (Beverly Beyette / LAT)
