Tag:limestone
Not living on the edge as in poverty, or as in all the violence that seems to envelope the world these days though there are obvious parallels to the life and future of this flower I captured living in a crack in the limestone rock of one of the karst islands of Phang Nga Bay.
Today’s photo is a vertical framing taken inside a hong. I think it better demonstrates the scale of the space.
Having arrived in Bangkok I transferred to Phuket and from there took a trip into Phang Nga Bay.
Today’s photo is of a dwelling in the lookout hill I posted yesterday. I’m not expert in these things but I think what we’re looking at was one an interior chamber, hacked out of the soft limestone rock. The rounded shape just isn’t natural.
Today I’ve a different angle on yesterday’s photo that I’ve title, ‘Dozing Off’. It better shows what was in front of the bulldozer as he cut a trail down the escarpment for us.
On the way back to Koh Phi Phi Don from Koh Phi Phi Ley, having cruised by one of the caves from which the locals harvest swifts’ nests for birds nest soup, we got some up-close views of the base of the limestone cliffs. The cave action is clearly undercutting the rock over the course of the years.
