Yesterday was a success.
We started the day with an a.m.a.z.i.n.g breakfast, which included local fruit crepes for me, and a good ol’ western style breakfast for Tom. We then loaded up on the sunscreen and bug repellant, and headed to the Chiang Dao Cave.
A word about caves: if you are at all claustrophobic, or have any fear of bats, I would not enter them. Luckily,these two caveats do not apply to myself or Tom, and so we entered joyfully.
We hired a mandatory guide for the dark cave, and spent a little under an hour exploring the huge labyrinth. Armed with a lantern, we crawled (literally) through some tight spaces, slipped on some wet rock, and enjoyed the bats. My favorite was our guide, who every minute or so would point out an interesting formation, and would say, “Look like _______.” We ended up ’seeing’ elephants, elephant footprints, and elephant lung (!?). We also saw lions, waterfalls, horses, and a fried egg. I would say that 90% of the formations really didn’t look like the alleged subject, but a few did. We even took a photo in what “Looked like picture frame.”
After our cave adventure, we explored the surrounding area a bit, and then headed to the phallic shaped pool of our sister hostel. It was beautiful, and we enjoyed many sun showers as we played in the water.
Today we’ll rent mountain bikes and hopefully not crash. Wish us luck!
Our Current Home:
Tom in Small Spaces:
Together in a ‘Picture Frame’:
Outside the Caves:
I bought this insect repellant (or so I think):
From this kind woman:
