Mangrove planting!

On last sunday we were mangrove planting! One of the great field trips organised by chula for us! We all got green shirts and went off to some place more than 2 hours away but still kind of in Bangkok, because Bangkok is huge. When we arrived we sat on platforms over a river made of wood and bamboo. They were just built around trees like the trees grew in the middle of the platforms.
We went with boats to platforms in the middle of the water, made out of bamboo. There we ate the best seafood ever and I normally don't like seafood but this was just so amazing! Shrimps, fish, sea grass, soup, rice, crabs, shells...... soooooo good!!!!
After that we were mangrove planting what includes running around in some really sticky mud, trying to find a place for the plant in your hand while not sinking in the mud and being stuck there forever... but it's kind of fun and feels really strange :D
So did the water we bathed in afterwards... we went out in the river and jumped off the boats just to see that there are 50 cm of water and then endless mud! It's something so new it's really funny like trying to stand and sinking in xD
Then we got back and washed ourselves for the next part, the floating market.
There we were going around a market located at a river. This is not the real floating market but one at the same place. It was really interessting to see and we ate some great sweets there ;)

When you come to Bangkok you should totally do this trip! The mangroves are needed to be planted because they were destroyed by fishermen but now without mangroves there are nbo fish either. So they are building up the ecosystem once again, now really caring for it. I think this is a great idea!