Disorganised
Didn't achieve everything we set out to do. But we did zip line. Mangrove tour. Swim. Lunch. Photo sharing. Dinner. Cards.
These are the notes I took on the mangrove tour. They have nothing to do with the photo. But neither did my zip line photo.
Mangrove is bacow (spellcheck)
Crabs lobster oyster fish live beneath the water
Sabang river - fresh & salt brachhugs water
1m tide change its high tide now
64 kinds of mangrove trees 47 types in Philippines
Sabang river has 4 types only
Male & female trees
Leaves wider in females like our bums
Female fruit is longer & fatter
More than 200yr old trees
47ha of mangrove
Oysters grow on the roots of trees
Easily damaged by strong tides & waves, wind & storms
Mangrove wood Good for furniture & building
Over 1mill mangrove area in Asia
Philippines have tallest mangrove trees - 30m. Unlike other countries with 20m
Rock in mangroves expensive for grave stones
Snakes are poisons
Bark used for dying clothes - one native tree here
Woodpecker bird seen very colourful
Mangrove trees only live about 300yrs -rings mark the years
Woodworm lives in the dead tree only which keeps mangrove healthy
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