When we were here in 2004, we were amazed at the way bamboo is used for all the scaffolding around buildings instead of steel structures. You can see that the building in the photo above is surrounded by bamboo scaffolding. In the photo below, there is a supply of bamboo lying in huge bundles on the concrete, ready to be used.

Bamboo scaffolding...apartment building

Our hotel this visit: Marriott's Renaissance Harbor View