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photographie-irie > Siladen Island, Bunaken Marine Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia           Beach huts are cheap, all the water is hauled to the island, life and food is simple, and the relaxing is great.
photographie-irie > Siladen Sunset, Bunaken Marine Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia      Part of the Marine Park widely considered another one of the top ten dive sites in the world, Siladen Island is a bit off the Bunaken Island beaten path, and totally relaxing. Very modest facilities. Bring books and batteries for your reading light.
photographie-irie > Hoi Ann River Sunrise, Hoi An, Vietnam      Sunrise on the Hoi An River, with most fishing boats already at market. Smaller boats still dot the river, and a rig that controls a large fishing net to the right is being raised. The guy on the bamboo frame built into the river bottom pedals a bicycle kind of wheel that reels in line raising the fish net. Another similar frame on the other side of the net, without the wheel, anchors the line opposite the net. Once raised out of the river, fish so caught and jumping around in the net now above water await his departure from the wheel frame to haul them to market too.
photographie-irie > Fishing Boat Sunrise, Hoi An, Vietnam      From a bridge crossing the Hoi An River, the sun arises behind fishing boats streaming to market with their catch. Well before dawn, activity commences to beat the heat, and get the day rolling with fresh provisions for kitchen and home. This is the time to see Vietnam at its best, everything alive and vibrant, carrying promise of the day to come.
photographie-irie > Photographer-Author Riding Nam Lion, Marble Mountains, Between Hoi an and Danang, Vietnam       On a bike ride out of Hoi Ann to Danang and China Beach, a couple of Vietnamese girls similarly on motorbike engaged me in conversation going north at 50KPH. I was encouraged to visit their home and meet their family, but politely declined as we were in slo-mo, taking photographs along the way and did not want to buzz straight up to their home. After going our own ways with my friends and stopping a few times for photographs and walks on the beach, we mysteriously encountered the two girls on motorbikes on the road again insisting we follow them into their home town for a bite to eat we were planning to have at that point in any case. They were lying in wait, yes, but we were hungry with no place else to go for food. We ended up at the Marble Mountains where we climbed to a series of Pagodas and temples built into this dramatic series of limestone crags. Marble quarries in the mountains mean the town is filled with carved marble shops as Hoi an is filled with tailors. As we promised the two girls, we visited their parents' shop after dining and the climb, complementing them on their parents' fine craftsmanship. Of course complements were not enough. We had to buy something, anything, like this fine Nam lion I ride, born of the Marble Mountains. Not feeling comfortable that it would fit in my pack, I was assured they could ship it home for me. I ended up buying a 4 inch Smiling Buddha, who's subsequent belly rubs are certain to be the source of all my good luck that followed. The moral of this story is that the Marble Mountains are worth the visit, but be cautious of friendly girls riding motorbikes engaging in conversation at high speed, as they actually may want you more to leave with big marble than to feast on food.
Siladen Island, Bunaken Marine Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia          

Beach huts are cheap, all the water is hauled to the island, life and food is simple, and the relaxing is great.
photographie-irie > Siladen Island, Bunaken Marine Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia           Beach huts are cheap, all the water is hauled to the island, life and food is simple, and the relaxing is great.
Siladen Island, Bunaken Marine Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia          

Beach huts are cheap, all the water is hauled to the island, life and food is simple, and the relaxing is great.
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