Day 15 Phong Nha








 We'll never mind Dong Nah, for us it's Dong Yea. After much agonising last night about which excursion to partake today, we decided on the adventurous one.... rather expensive for us  but glad we bit the bullet.

This involved a walk through the jungle, visit to magnificent, ginormous caves with stalactites and stalagmites (on an epic scale); a delicious vege lunch, a zip wire across the river and more caves that involved a swim, a scramble and followed by a mud bath. To exit the river we kayaked downstream to a water park where Jen went down a very fast waterslide, then accompanied me off another zip wire dropping into the river from height.

The whole thing was fantastic, there is no way this could happen in the UK as health and safety would be all over it. We loved Paradise cave for its beauty and magnificence and the Dark cave for the spirit  of adventure and sheer craziness of scrambling through the dark (helmets and head torches on) through water, mud and sharp slippery rocks- all in bare feet. Jen got carried away in the mud bath and was plastered in the stuff- she's in the shower now desperately trying to get the glutenous substance out of orifice and hair. Some of my friends and family will be surprised to hear that I went barefoot through sand, mud and water. Don't get excited - it's a one off!!!!

Thank you Molly Garrick for the recommendation - a good shout

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  1. JeanneJanuary 21, 2024 at 5:15 AM

    What an amazing unique place and delicious looking food. Crazy antics your getting up to !! 🤭

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2024 at 5:51 AM

      Getting down with the youngsters Jeanne. 😂😂

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2024 at 5:53 AM

    I’m so jealous this sounds incredible!!!

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  3. B&MJanuary 21, 2024 at 9:28 AM

    Sounds like a great hash plenty of shiggy and wet stuff. Mid life crisis stuff along with the Mazda? Mandy just read all your blogs wanted to know if you ate the snails and thought the caves looked fantastic.

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2024 at 4:34 PM

      Unfortunately a few slipped by me- the photos give you no idea of the size of the caves- they are the size of a cathedral and are 31 km in length!!!

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2024 at 10:11 AM

    What a great day - 2 swims in a day pete??!

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  5. BruceJanuary 21, 2024 at 11:10 PM

    Brilliant, what a day out that is!

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  6. Dr FeelgoodJanuary 23, 2024 at 2:43 PM

    Walking barefoot on sand?!! 😳

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 6, 2024 at 3:08 AM

    Be careful there Pete. You’re starting to sound like you’re enjoying yourself. Ive even noticed a slight smile on some photos within the blog ;)

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