Green | Lonely Planet Photo competition

Lonely planet has published winning photos for their December 2005 Thorn Tree Photo Competition. The theme is green and the images are off the beaten path. When a friend of mine initially emailed me about this contest, I thought surely some of the winning images would be from Ireland, also know as the emerald isle. But to my surprise, none of the final photos were taken in the 40-shades-of-green island. The closest we get to Ireland is a photo taken in Cambridge, UK. The majority of the photos have been taken in such places as Vietnam, Dubai, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Senegal and Zanzibar, where green is generally unexpected.