Mangrove adventure
See "Krabi's other side" (Horizons section, page 8)Lesson by John Ross
The province of Krabi in the south of Thailand is located on the coast of the Andaman Sea and is famous with tourists for its beaches, islands and deep sea diving. But this article isn't about those things at all. It tells us about the other side of Krabi which is its mangrove forest along the sea. You can see some pictures of the mangrove forest in the pictures that accompany the article. Tourists can visit and explore this area by kayak, which is a type of boat that you can also see in the pictures.
Read through the story using the vocabulary below and then summarise the positive and negative things about visiting the mangrove forests.
1) Positive
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2) Negative
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After learning about the basic information about Bhutan, you can discuss the following questions with your friends:
Have you ever been to Krabi?
Where did you go?
What did you do?
Did you have fun?
Who did you go with?
Would you like to visit the mangrove forests?
Why or why not?
VOCABULARY
lagoons - a lake in the sea
amidst - in the middle of
stunning - very beautiful
facet - side, face, part
exotic - special, unusual
paddling - moving a boat by pushing the water
steered - turned, controlled
towering - very tall
staring - looking at for a long time
crab-eating macaque - a type of monkey (see the picture)
nursery - a place where they take care of babies; here it just means 'a home'
biological diversity - different kinds of life
thrive - grow to be strong
saline water - salt water
marine - in the sea
felled - cut down
denuding - taking away all the trees and plants
cope with - experience
limping back - coming back slowly
spotted - saw
prey - an animal that is killed by another
mullet darts - a type of fish
lack - do not have
winding - not straight, curving
oars - the tools used to paddle
struggled - tried hard
lush - rich and thick
canopy - the covering of tree branches and leaves
witness - see
remarkable - very wonderful
nestled - sitting close to
awestruck - amazed
fierce - strong
imminent - coming soon
shelter - protected place
marvellous - wonderful, amazing