The cave this time was called Tu Lan and it was an Epic Adventure. This is everybody getting fitted with their gear.
First they had to trek through the jungle, ford a river and climb up cliffs to get to the mouth of the first cave.
Then they went into the cave and had to go down a steep ladder into the depths. This cave was only found a few years ago, so not a lot of people have explored here.
After traveling through the first cave via an underground river... and then an above ground river, they got into the second cave which was also traversed via an underground river. Until finally they could see daylight... and turned around and came back again.
This is a valley between the first and second caves. It is completely surrounded by mountains and jungle... only one way in or out... via cave and underground river!
Everyone had a lot of fun in the caves and then there was the trek out... through overgrown floodplains...
And scary plank bridges over chasms...
And the rivers to be forded...
Yup... another river...
But it was a good day. Mama started to wonder if maybe I could have come but... she had put some money in a ziploc bag in her pants pocket and... it was completely soaked at the end of it. So even my ziploc baggie scuba suit wouldn't have worked. And a wet bear is a very unhappy little bear!! Good thing I didn't go! One guy from Sweden had a fancy Nikon camera that got totally soaked going through the underground rivers even though it was in a water-proof bag. Yup... little bears are better off at home when water is involved...
Well Sandy, it's probably just as well, because we wouldn't want your Mom to mistakenly leave you in one of those caves, because then you'd become a real cave bear, and you'd have to make a spear to harpoon fish to eat in the stream, and your clothes would become all torn and dirty, and you'd really start to look like a cave dweller, and you'd shun the light and remain inside all day, and my gosh how would you get a regular supply of honey!! Best that you stayed in the hotel room watching movies and eating cookies!
ReplyDeleteWelllll... when you put it that way.. probably best that I did stay at home!! Mama's partner got a big leg scratch which looked not toooo bad but then turned oogie here in Laos. Not nice!! Sometimes it's better just to watch some things from the sidelines or hear about them later!
ReplyDeleteOh dear, we hope that leg scratch isn't too serious...Jerry says try rubbing some honey on it, but Ben then gives him a strange look. On second thought, don't try the honey.
ReplyDeleteActually... Jerry may be a budding doctor! They say that honey does help wounds heal!! Jerry can now strut around the house a bit... The scratch/scrape is much better (even without honey)...
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