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| Doline One Sunbeams and cloud |
It started as we drove up to the drop off point, someone had left a metre and a half long branch on the road, then it moved! Turned out to be a cobra, easily the biggest snake I've seen in Vietnam and I was glad we were still in the bus.
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| It's a lizard |
Next up was a lizard right on the path which stood very still and didn't seem to mind being photographed.
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| Snake |
As we moved on from photographing that, within two hundred metres we saw a green snake, this wasn't so cooperative and kept moving!
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| Golf ball? |
Normal service was resumed and there was nothing of particular interest until Hang En, though we did pass some nice looking mushrooms. Not edible though.
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| Wet Swift |
In Hang En, the Swiftlets are starting to leave the nest, some are not so good at flying and land in the water, they can swim to shore but need time to dry out before we can throw them into the air for take off.
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| Hang En Exit |
The weather was good for the entire tour, cloudy when we were outside the cave but sunny at the right time i.e. in doline one for the sunbeams.
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| What it says on the sign |
The toilets in Hang En and Camp one have been removed and replaced with new toilet tents, very smart.
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| The Garden of Edam |
On the way up into the Garden of Edam, one of the customers spotted this (leaf?) bug. Dead good spot I say.
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| Good camouflage |
Back at the entrance to Hang Son Doong I spotted this 'little' shield bug, about an inch big but it wouldn't stand still for the picture.
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| Blurry bug |
There seemed to be a few less butterflies on the way back along the river to Hang En, caterpillars aplenty though.
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| Needs a haircut |
At least two anyway!
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| Tasty looking leaf that |
So the toilet tents were just a week before my expedition. i thought the traditionally old ones'd gone due to last year's flood and then came the upgraded version.
ReplyDeleteAll the old tents are gradually being replaced.
ReplyDeleteI love the sign stuffs, traditional and civilized without looking too human-intervened. And I did silly wait for 10 mins before you came to make your it was false indicator :))
DeleteAll the old tents are gradually being replaced.
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ReplyDeletelooks amazing Dave! Cool photos...I would really want to go one day!
ReplyDeleteStill some dates to be released for next year, I suggest you make an enquiry with Oxalis.
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