Phong Nha, Vietnam

On my most recent research trip in Vietnam, I spent an unintentionally long period of time in Phong Nha Khe Bang National Park in Central Vietnam after getting trapped in some storms. I was meant to go on a 3-day Hang En caving expedition through Oxalis, but some pretty wild flooding cut the trip short. After a day of trekking through the jungle in the pouring rain, arriving at camp, getting warm dry clothes on, and eating dinner, several men came running through the jungle to tell us we needed to evacuate. We needed to hike back out through the night, swimming across rivers we waded through on the way over, all in the pitch black. Below are some photos both from the expedition and the subsequent days I had meandering around the town: