Thursday, April 3, 2008

Mai Po Nature Reserve

The missionary couples become your family away from home and whenever we get the opportunity we get together for some sort of activity. We caught a bus to Yeun Long which is near the border of mainland China. It was a 45 minute bus ride and then a short cab ride out to Mai Po. The nature reserve is a wet land with thousands of migratory birds. They have a visitor center, a warden’s office with very strict regulations, several hides (sheds you go into to watch the birds), boardwalks, floating boardwalks, mangroves, freshwater ponds with fishermen pulling their catch in, and a floating bird hide. To get to the floating bird hide, you enter gate 107, which takes you into mainland China.

We all took lunches and had a great time and had a great time.

1 comment:

Spencer and Jane said...

Jacksons! Great blog! You're fast learners...We especially liked all the variety with pictures and video and slide shows. Now you're the teachers!