The port in Hạ Long
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum backside
Drum tower and door to the second courtyard
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HANOï VIETNAM
HUÉ VIETNAM
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LYON
CORDOUE
LA CATHEDRALE
EGYPTE 2006
Cows on the Beach
CRETE AOUT 2008
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Palm Beach
A horrific exhibit in the museum
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Fishing farm in Hạ Long Bay
View out from the hotel room window to the Hạ Long…
Forbidden Purple City Huế
In the park behind the Thiên Mụ Pagoda
Inside a private house in Hội An
A bicycle to hire in Hội An
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ANDALOUSIE
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Hanging village on Nam Ou riverbank
Traffic scene on the Nam Ou river
Life scenes on the Nam Ou river
The river cruise on the Nam Ou
Traffic on the Nam Ou river
The river cruise on the Nam Ou
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Problems in the Hạ Long Bay
With an increasing tourist trade, mangroves and seagrass beds have had to be cleared and jetties and wharves have been built for tourist boats.
Fuel and oil, along with tourist litter, have created pollution problems, which impact on both the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem of the islands. Human waste from portable toilets erected for tourists, finds its way into the soil and water surrounding the islands, once more altering the ecosystem functioning through increased nutrient flow.
The delicate limestone cave ecosystems are diminishing as tourists visiting the caves break off stalagmites and stalactites. Litter, including wine bottles, is dropped into cave streams and visitors exhale carbon dioxide, which has a deleterious affect on the caves. The mouths of some caves have been widened to allow tourist access. This increase in light has lead to an imbalance in the delicate links between the flora and fauna, and a decrease in the humidity of the caves.
Fuel and oil, along with tourist litter, have created pollution problems, which impact on both the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem of the islands. Human waste from portable toilets erected for tourists, finds its way into the soil and water surrounding the islands, once more altering the ecosystem functioning through increased nutrient flow.
The delicate limestone cave ecosystems are diminishing as tourists visiting the caves break off stalagmites and stalactites. Litter, including wine bottles, is dropped into cave streams and visitors exhale carbon dioxide, which has a deleterious affect on the caves. The mouths of some caves have been widened to allow tourist access. This increase in light has lead to an imbalance in the delicate links between the flora and fauna, and a decrease in the humidity of the caves.
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