The beach give way to grassed then thickets of salt tolerant hibiscus. Further along the coast you can see the thick growth of a mangrove forest but you know better than to try to traverse it.
Apart from some knowledge the delicacy of that forest type and it's importance as a filter for water run off into the sea you also know that the pipelike air seeking roots are sharp and that there are likely to be crocodilious creatures basking in the shadows waiting for food.
Instead you head in through the hibiscuses as they gradually thin as taller trees, Syzigiums and fig trees now dominate.
This area has a definate esturine feel to it. Narrow streams and waterways are abundant and the ground is soft, spongy and thick with silty mud.

Strange wading birds perch in the trees, looking down their strange and highly specialised beaks. You can see what appears to be a mixture of salt and fresh water birds including ibis, spoonbills, terns and one very strangely marked albatross that is sitting on a half rotten log, preening and dripping salt from it's rosy pink beak.

The over-foliage is so thick that the undergrowth is thin and you easily move through it, either deeper into the forest or out onto the coast.