Tuesday, March 26, 2013

The Karsks


Beautiful karsks loom over Van Long Nature Reserve
Beautiful spires of limestone mark the landscape for awed visitors of northern Vietnam and Halong Bay, where they are famous. But the wealth of these mountains is not in gold and jewels, nor in iron. For here was found...CONCRETE.

 Yes, the Vietnamese government may be on a mission to coat the whole country in concrete, as seen by these garish scenes.
Cutting into the mountainside for gray gold.
Transforming mountains into roads.
 Will they someday delve too greedily and too deeply and awake Durin's Bane?

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