Phuket is an island. We took a day trip off the island to visit some caves with our friends. When we arrived, we got geared up with headlights. We entered the cave on a little blow up canoe seeing as there was water. We went into the cave in three groups because we had 10 people and each group had one guide. The water in the cave was fresh water and we did not know how deep it was.
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| Headlights on...ready to go! |
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| Getting ready to go into the cave |
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| The 'canoe' |
When we stopped to get out of the little blow up canoe there was a tiny little bridge made of wood that went on top of the water and allowed us to get to the next part of the underground adventure. The next part was on a raft made of bamboo. Again we went into three groups. This time we knew how deep the water was because our guide was in the water pulling the raft. Most of the time the water was up to our guide's waist, but sometimes it reached his belly botton. When we stopped this time we crossed another one of those mini bridges. Once across the bridge, we walked in the water- luckily it wasn't even knee deep.
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| Bamboo rafts |
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| Walking through the cave |
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| Cavernous cave |
Throughout the entire adventure our guide pointed at shapes in the rocks. After 400m of walking, we reached the end of the cave for us. It apparently continued for another 3 km but the passages were too small and full of water. We had to go out the same we came in.
When we exited the cave, there were wild monkeys everywhere! They were not agressive so we were able to get quite close to them.
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| We got so close to these monkeys |
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| The monkeys weren't aggressive at all |
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| So much fun to watch! |
On the way back to Phuket, we stopped at a cool view point. We could either pay some money to go up the steep dirt road in a truck or pay less and walk up the steep dirt road. We decided to walk. When we reached the top of the hill, there was a cool treehouse that you could go up if you dared. We enjoyed the view and headed back down to the parking lot. The ice cream we had was very refreshing!
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| Climbing the dusty, steep hill |
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| Halfway up! |
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| Such a nice view |
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| We made it to the top! |
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| Check out this tree house...we are at the top! |
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| Group photo at the top |
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| We hitched a ride back down the hill....Mom and Dad walked |
After that we headed home!
Great post Nathan. Being in the caves with only light from your headlamp must have been quite interesting. Do you think the monkeys were used to humans? The big treehouse platform looked very cool.
ReplyDeleteYes - the cave was very dark. At one point, we turned off our headlights and the cave was pitch black, which was kind of freaky and made me wonder if I'd survive without light. The monkeys were used to humans because lots of people go to these caves. The treehouse was cool but very rickety... the ladder was made of bamboo and the treehouse was up very high and so the trees were getting blown by the wind and the whole thing moved around. Thanks for your comment!
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