In my uneducated mind I had always associated "jungle" with wet and lust environment,
but here the jungle is rather dry ! (Visiting in January!)
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The group
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Unnamed fish
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Chinese Water Dragon (an iguana!)
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Epiphytes growing high in the canopy
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A Giant Black squirrel, that doesn't look any bigger then our garden ones, but hard to judge with the long lens
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A hornbill
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Sambar deer
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Pretty reflection
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Duang, Pon, Hannah, Nui, Ook, Bright, Aiko, Thao, PJ
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We did a long walk in the jungle. It was really hard with ups and downs and scaling big trees across the way. But I was proud to have been able to do it. Even Thao was very tired! Duang and Nui were so attentive to me, they wanted to make sure I didn't get a heart attack 🤣. I had 3 physicians surrounding me!!
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I am sure everyone recognizes the "Calotes emma alti cristatus" :)
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He was pretty cute
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The strangling fig tree
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Thao's pretty eyes
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An improvised chair
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Thanks Pon and Duang for organizing this trip !!
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