Go back to Cat Ba Day 3.
Go back to Vietnam. Butterfly Valley.
A break from the seaside climbing on day four. Instead, we headed for Butterfly Valley on the island and (perish the thought!) some single pitch sporto stuff. Decent half day even if it’s not our cup of tea. Also did an 8 km jungle hike around the area in the afternoon. This was reasonably fun with some fauna (twig snake) and much vicious flora: almost everything will either kill you if eaten or sting you if touched. That final night on Cat Ba was spent on a junk boat – wanted to try for the hell of it. Posh.
Photos
On the five minute approach to the wall in Butterfly Valley (Nov. 2018).
Cute puppies at Tuan’s farm (Nov. 2018).
More cuteness in Butterfly Valley (Nov. 2018).
Andrew making friends (Nov. 2018).
Leading the nice pitch of Mother Butterfly, 6a+ (Nov. 2018).
Shirley on Mother Butterfly belayed by Andrew (Nov. 2018).
Shirley on Mother Butterfly (Nov. 2018).
Leading Elephant Man (6b+; Nov. 2018).
More Elephant Man action (Nov. 2018).
A friendly puppy living on Tuan’s family’s farm in Butterfly Valley (Nov. 2018).
In the dining area of Tuan’s family’s home (Nov. 2018).
Shirley making friends (Nov. 2018).
Setting off on our 8km jungle hike led by Tuan (Nov. 2018).
Snails showing off (Nov. 2018).
A close up of their handiwork (Nov. 2018).
Butterfly Valley jungle hike (Nov. 2018).
A whip sanke (Nov. 2018).
Pretty flora (Nov. 2018).
A stick insect (Nov. 2018).
One of the few open areas (a small summit) we encountered the hike. The jungle is pretty suffocating (Nov. 2018).
An interesting caterpillar (Nov. 2018).
Lush (Nov. 2018).
Back in The Bay and ready to overnight it on a junk boat (Nov. 2018).
