Armed with cash and cameras, foreign trekkers by the thousands are scouring the hills of northern Thailand for unspoiled tribal people, turning the region into "a human zoo," critics say.
Mrs Rita Boyle of a local action group said: 'This would require a completely new route through eight miles of unspoiled countryside.' Residents of Pepper Hill, on the edge of Northfleet in Kent, also face continued uncertainty.
But they provide peaceful hideaways in a strikingly unspoiled setting reachable only by four-wheel drive vehicles or walking.
"I think in general people are very supportive of the library,"said Simi Valley Mayor Greg Stratton. "One of the reasons the Reagans liked the area was that it was so unspoiled, so development would be contradictory to the president's wishes.
They no longer use live explosives, but some have reportedly violated an order to stay away from the rest of the island, where grassy knolls, marshes and unspoiled beaches provide a haven for wildlife.
The U.S. National Science Foundation said the vessel carried 250,000 gallons of diesel fuel and that an "incurable disaster" would result if all the fuel leaked into the unspoiled waters in the region.
The sinking of the 400-foot Bahia Paraiso followed warnings from the U.S. National Science Foundation that the unspoiled Antarctic could face ecological disaster if the 250,000 gallons of diesel fuel aboard the ship were to spill.
Foundation officials said Tuesday that a slick nearly 500 feet wide and two miles long was trailing away from the vessel toward the south, threatening the frozen continent's fragile and unspoiled environment.