Sunday 14 August 2016

Hang Son Doong 46

Portable Espresso machine

Just four tours left after this one, and I'm down to do two of them (at the moment). I always see something new on each trip, this one was no exception as I've never seen a portable espresso maker before! Made for good coffee at breakfast.

Baby Bat

This tour was a private booking so all the group knew each other and got along well, always a help. They also brought along their own entertainment including games and films, two nights of James Bond movies which was great for the porter team as the simple plot lines and action sequences made up for their lack of understanding of English.

Home Sweet Home, two more times

As we walked through Hang En, one of the guide assistants found a little baby bat. Very cute looking but sadly I don't think it was going to survive long. While I'm on the subject of wild life (or should that be death?), as we drove down the road at the end of the tour we passed a very large bird that was wrestling with an animal (identified by Hai (from Bamboo Cafe) as a baby Binturong, an endangered species). The bird flew off before we could take any pictures but it left its prey as it seemed too big to carry, I'm sure the bird returned after we left.

The end of the road, no lake

Another tour with good conditions but no lake, clear visibility and you could see the daylight of the exit from where the lake would normally begin.

Roadside wildlife, Binturong

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