A remote volcano in Iceland has virtually shut down the aviation industry - and left thousands of people stranded around the world.
The lucky ones have taken out travel insurance against just this sort of calamity, and with any luck at least some of the costs of an enforced stay will be reimbursed.
Spare a thought for the many others who must be close to panic as their available funds run low - and they have no idea what will happen to them. If credit cards are maxed out and the money in their wallets exhausted - they face the prospect of becoming beggars - denied accommodation, food and the very necessities of life.
This must be the ultimate nightmare for any traveller.
Hopefully the Australian government is using it's consular representation to distribute emergency money to those in dire distress - and again hopefully - the insurance industry is not using that old perennial excuse - " Act of God " - to avoid meeting it's obligations.
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