Catching butterflies

This is our 6th day in Tam Dao, studying butterflies for earthwatch (www.earthwatch.org). There are 6 of us: Stephanie and Monica from the US; Ivy from China but living in New York; Lil and Joanna from the Philipines; and me. So far we've wandered the roads around the town (3 times), walked the 6 miles of new road 3 times (once for butterflies, once to get to the bamboo forest and once, today, to get to the mountain), climbed the hill hosting the TV tower, trekked thru the bamboo forest and spent a day climbing and descending one of the 3 peaks that give the region it's name. We've also been pummelled by masseurs and seen the waterfall. We've eaten many strange meats and vegetables for lunch and tea. But what we can't do without is the internet. There is an internet cafe in Tam Dao, where we spend our free time (when Monica isn't trying to order the special Mela sweet soup). It's been down for 2 days, and we've had to amuse ourselves - not pretty. But we do know our cameras' instruction manuals word for word.