England, Northumberland, Blyth. New colourful beach huts on the promenade at Blyth Beach.

England, Northumberland, Blyth. New colourful beach huts on the promenade at Blyth Beach.

Scotland, Edinburgh, Dean Gallery. The Dean Gallery part of the National Galleries of Scotland, opened in 1999 although the building was originally an orphanage designed by Thomas Hamilton.

England, Tyne and Wear, Tynemouth. Looking south on a mid summers day across the Tynemouth Long Sands towards the Priory, Castle and the mouth of the Tyne. Recently there has been a great deal of conservation work undertaken to help preserve the impressive dunes and vegetation overlooking the beach.

England, Tyne and Wear, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Present day building structures reflected in the windows of an office block in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

England, Tyne and Wear, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Carving on the reconstructed city wall near the quayside heralding the ship building heydays of Newcastle Upon Tyne.

China, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin City. Bridge in downtown Guilin city.

China, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guilin City. Bridge in downtown Guilin city.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Halong Bay. Night time scene of a road located near the harbour of Cat Ba Town on Cat Ba Island in Halong Bay.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Halong Bay. The pink sunset afterglow at dusk over Cat Ba harbour on Cat Ba Island.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Halong Bay. Tourist boat amid the islands of Halong Bay near Cat Ba Island.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Halong Bay. Sandy coastline amid a group of islands in Halong Bay near Cat Ba Island.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Halong Bay. Water village amid the islands of Halong Bay near Cat Ba Island.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Halong Bay. Water village amid the islands of Halong Bay near Cat Ba Island.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Halong Bay. Water village amid the islands of Halong Bay near Cat Ba Island.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Halong Bay. Vegetation covered islands in Halong Bay near Cat Ba Island.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Halong Bay. Vegetation covered islands in Halong Bay near Cat Ba Island.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Halong Bay. Vegetation covered islands in Halong Bay near Cat Ba Island.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Halong Bay. Tourist boat amid the islands of Halong Bay near Cat Ba Island.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Halong Bay. The pink sunset afterglow at dusk over Cat Ba harbour on Cat Ba Island.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Halong Bay. The pink sunset afterglow at dusk over Cat Ba harbour on Cat Ba Island.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Halong Bay. Fishermen prepare and cook meals on their boats at Cat Ba harbour on Cat Ba Island.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Halong Bay. Rock formations of the coastline near Cat Ba town on Cat Ba island in Halong Bay.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Sapa. Cat Cat Falls, a waterfall in Cat Cat village near Sapa.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Sapa. Cat Cat Falls, a waterfall in Cat Cat village near Sapa.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Sapa. Cat Cat Falls, a waterfall in Cat Cat village near Sapa.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Sapa. Cat Cat Falls, a waterfall in Cat Cat village near Sapa.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Sapa. Cat Cat Falls, a waterfall in Cat Cat village near Sapa.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Sapa. Scaffolding manufactured from local timber, at a building site in Sapa.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Sapa. Scaffolding manufactured from local timber, at a building site in Sapa.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Sapa. Baby carried on a back of a woman from a hill tribe near to Sapa.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Sapa. Vietnamese woman wearing a classic vietamese hat, selling colourful local produce at a food market in Sapa.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Sapa. Hill tribe girls and an elder woman share a joke at a busy market in Sapa.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Sapa. Hill tribe clothing and blankets hanging over the arm of a hill tribe woman trying to sell her wares to tourists.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Sapa. Two girls from a local hill tribe trying to sell trinkets to a tourist.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Sapa. Vietnamese woman wearing a classic vietamese hat, selling colourful local produce at a food market in Sapa.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Sapa. Vietnamese women selling local produce at a food market in Sapa.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Sapa. Vietnamese women selling local produce at a food market in Sapa.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Sapa. Vietnamese women selling local produce at a food market in Sapa.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Sapa. Local vietnamese woman carrying a sack on a stick resting on her shoulder walking past a bar-cafe in Sapa.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Sapa. Local Sapa hill tribe woman with a basket on her back and twine wrapped around her hand, walking alongside a colourful wall Sapa.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Sapa. 4 wheel drive and hill tribe woman, in a general street scene of Sapa.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Sapa. A local vietnamese woman pushes her bike along a street in Sapa.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Sapa. Local hill tribe women, complete with baskets and children on their backs, haggle with tourists as they try to secure a sale.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Sapa. Local hill tribe women walk with baskets on their backs, through the Sapa square market.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Sapa. Hats on sale via a market stall set up on the roadside of the square.

Vietnam, Northern Vietnam, Sapa. Vietnamese woman weeding grass in the park.

Laos, Ban Na Hin. Typical native trees and vegetation in woodland in the jungle near Ban Na Hin in Laos.

Laos, Ban Na Hin. Typical native trees and vegetation in woodland in the jungle near Ban Na Hin in Laos.

Laos, Ban Na Hin. Typical native trees and vegetation in woodland in the jungle near Ban Na Hin in Laos.