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Emerging

Daily Photo – Emerging from a Hong

Richard Davis August 13, 2013
Travel 1

Emerging from the serene jade green of the hong, it was a tad surprising to see the overcast skies of the world outside.

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The Andaman Sea has undercut these limestone outcrops of the Phi Phi Islands. Sooner or later the rock face will peel away along a fissure line and crash into the sea below.

Daily Photo – Undercut

Richard Davis September 25, 2012
Landscape

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.

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