Saturday, March 9, 2013

Mangrove seeds and Crocodile Cave

Forgot to add this post. On Tarutao island (near Langkawi) we took a ride in the dingy to find the 'Crocodile cave'. This is another Thai National Park and a 200 Baht fee is charged per person. This island was used as a political prison in the 1940's as it was remote and full of crocodiles. It is the largest island of the Thai, 51 island, archipelago.

The cave is very pretty and is at the end of a Mango tree lined creek.

 We had to climb up this steep ladder to walk to the cave.

In the creek we saw Mangrove trees with their seeds hanging from the branches. These fall into the water and if its shallow they stick in the mud and grow into another tree. The brown seed on the end opens with new leaves. Nature is amazing.

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