lunatic bumblebee

Finally, it was the last day. Of course, I liked the trip to Hai Phong, but after three days I really missed my family and especially Moritz. But still, there were some dates on the last day. We had a meeting with the director of the National Park Cat Ba. He wanted to show us around the park. It was the first time when I went into the rain forest. It was really impressive, quiet and beautiful. We saw many curious plants, orchides growing high up on trees and learnt a lot. I learnt, that there was a tree. The tree’s seed is brought high up on another tree by birds or other animals which eat the tree’s fruit. The the seed sprouts, the roots grow to the ground and slowly the original tree is wrapped by the roots and is squished to death. The original tree then becomes nutrition for the “killer tree”…Cool, isn’t it? On the way back we took the road along the coast line. Cat Ba’s view and landscape is really amazing. I would recommend Cat Ba for every tourist, who wants to visit Ha Long Bay. Cat Ba is much better, cleaner and less tourists.