'Shifting Loads' in two senses as in 1) moving a lot of stuff and 2) that stuff moving about on the transport. Today's photo was again taken back in 1991 near Suzhou in China.
Although I titled today's photos 'Suzhou River Scene' they should perhaps more accurately be titled 'Suzhou Canal Scene' for most of the waterways in Suzhou are canals and the straight lines of the banks in this scene look more canalish than riverish.
Today's photo is one I took from the Pont de la Concorde of dusk on the Seine. It's a classic view with the Pont Alexander III and the Eiffel Tower both in the shot.
The day after we watched the bats stream out of the Mulu caves my guide took me to Deer Cave. On the way we passed this dry riverbed. I was quite surprised
Every time I've seen the Chao Phraya River its been this muddy brown color owing to all the silt washing down from the hills to the north. The boat is a long-tail. It has all the appearance of an auto engine with a straight shaft output to the propeller mounted on gimbals on the transom.
In yesterday's photo I showed the scene behind our water taxi as we sped up river from Bandar Seri Begawan to Limbang. Below is the view in front of the boat. It looks quite serene in contrast to the channel being carved out of the river by the twin outboards hurtling us forward.