Hi everyone,
We hope things are going well for you. This week's weather in Phong Nha looks great; it is neither too hot nor too cold. After a lengthy quarantine due to Covid-19, now is the ideal time to take a trip for yourself. Today, the second day of the Expedition, I will take you to explore Hang Va.
The Hang Va expedition's highlight is absolutely Day 2. I got a bit of a hangover as I drank local rice wine (the porters called it is “Happy Water”) and had to fight sleep in the morning. The singing of the birds and the noise from the monkey woke me up totally. I tried to take some shots at the camp. We had a nice breakfast at 8:00 a.m. before exploring Hang Va, a fantastic cave. Our nice and fun guide told us how to use the harness and cow-tails and how to clip karabiners into the rope. Our safety assistants reminded us to put caving lights, helmets and gloves on and did not forget to check the lights. We descended the steep entrance to Hang Va. Because the way down was rocky and slippery, we must proceed slowly and with caution.
Hang Va's entrance is a collapse in the floor of a small, steep valley bounded by cliffs. A 20 m descent led us into an active stream passage that is about 10m high and wide on average and can be followed upstream or downstream. A rope will be used to secure the descent into the entrance. We all asked to always use sit harnesses and cow tails that are clipped into the rope. Harnesses can be worn for the duration of the trip, as they will be required later on in the cave. We were introduced that we had to use a harness 3 times in Hang Va.
We arrived early enough so that we could swim in a downstream pool inside Hang Va before continuing upstream. We spent most of our time walking through the river, climbing up and down, and squeezing between the rocks. The rock here was beautiful, and even more beautiful if we had the higher lumen lights to sight on them. The river passage's water level reached my hip level (I am 170cm tall), so be told to prepare to get wet for about 4 hours, but the water was extremely clean and cool.
When you reached the end of the wet passage, we needed to re-use the harness to carefully ascend to the high-level passage. This high-level area will undoubtedly astound us with its stunning formations, which are extremely rare throughout the world. We had plenty of time right here for photography with the help of high-quality lights (Hope Light R4+).
From here, our safety team strictly told us to stay on the path to avoid damaging the fragile cave formation. We continued to travel further in to see the special formation, Tower Cones. These formations are extremely rare, especially in such large numbers and at such heights. They, like other cave formations, are formed by calcite.
There are several hundred calcite cones. They are all extremely steep and reach heights of around 2m. Many of the tops are at the same level, which corresponds to the level of the water in the calcite pool before it dried out. They're covered in soft mud, but it's only a few millimetres thick on top of the calcite. When the mud was washed away after the flooding season, the cones reveal a complex structure.
About 12 am, we returned to the camp by the same way, I put the dry clothes on and had lunch with the team. We then trekked back to the road via a different rocky route to the pickup point around 3:00 p.m where cold drinks waited for us to cheer up after the long trek. The best Huda beer I had ever. Our driver returned us to the Oxalis Office around 4:00 p.m to take a shower and wrap everything we left here before the expedition.
The cave was much more difficult than I expected, becoming quite steep and demanding in more than making up for the trekking. The employees were always super helpful, informative, attentive, and fluent in English. The food was also fantastic. There are not enough words to describe how amazing t the experience was. Everything about it was well-organized, safe, environmentally conscious, and well worth every penny. It was a wonderful experience, and I wholeheartedly recommend it to my family and friends.
Thank you so much the @qurator. I will keep posting about my adventure trips for sure
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Khung cảnh đẹp thật sự luôn anh , e từng một lần được trải nghiệm tú làn cùng công ty việt tinh anh . mấy tour này thích quá anh .
Yes em. Cũng vì yêu thích mạo hiểm và khám phá thiên nhiên nên đi mãi k chán
Ảnh đẹp quá anh ạ! Thật may mắn vì có những người như anh đi khám phá và chia sẻ lại những bức ảnh độc đáo cho mọi người. ❤️
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We can't wait to welcome you to Quang Binh @dodovietnam
I'm coming soon...
Insanely great photography here. That morning dew photo is incredibly fun to look at.
Thank you @daltono
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Đẹp quá anh ạ. Không biết bao giờ hết dịch để được đến đây
Cảm ơn em. Mong sớm hết dịch để được đi nhiều hơn, share những trải nghiệm mới cho mọi người. Khi nào ra QB nhắn ăn nhé
Dạ. Có dịp ra đó chắc chắn sẽ liên hệ gia đình anh nè 😊
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the caves are fascinating places it is impressive what the water does with its passage through the rocks ...
Thank you @mlrequena78. Mother Nature has created magnificent things to our planet
Nice post. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you @risingkhushboo. I will keep sharing the adventures to everyone on this community
Ở VN bao nhiêu năm mà em chưa biết đến hang này luôn. Ảnh đẹp lung linh xuất sắc luôn ạ.
Lập kế hoạch và đi thôi em! It is totally worth
Dạ để e viết blog kiếm HIVE để đi du lịch nè 😁
Ooi đẹp xĩu...!!! No words !!!
Thanks @trangbaby nhé!
omg this cave is amazing. I can see why you love your job so much
Yes. This is a massive reason why I do love my job. Thanks @dora381
bức cuối nhìn chuyên nghiệp quá anh ạ hehe
Hehe. Cảnh đẹp nữa nên ai làm mẫu vào cũng nhìn ngon lành
nhin vừa đẹp vừa hùng vĩ anh ạ
Cảm ơn @xuanphuc98 nhe. Hi vọng được gặp em ở QB