We reached the cave just in time for the last batch for the 4th tour package to enter but sadly, we were a few persons short of it. We could still enter but we would have to cover for the other 3 missing ones. We decided to wait another few minutes to see if any other would turn up and take the same package we had in mind. Luckily, 5 other showed up and all of them agreed to take the tour with us, making it ten people in total; more than enough to take tour package 4, the most chi kek tour offered.
The tour started with staircases, lots and lots of staircases. According to the guide, there were around 1000++ of them in the whole cave. I was surprised, no scratch that, we were shocked! 1000++ steps to climb is not an easy task, especially when the steps are high above ground and are quite slippery.
We were first shown rock formations and some of the different patterns formed. There was one which resembled a ram and another which resembled an alligator’s head. There were also a few patterns formed by the difference in colour of the rocks; a fox and another resembled a chicken. There was also one which looked like the side view of a monkey driving a car. There was also one huge stalagmite which looked like a pregnant lady.
Who knew touring a cave would work up a sweat! We were all practically drenched in sweat even before the half way mark. All of us looked as though we just came out from a shower and our pants were covered with mud.
At first we thought we were going to walk on a trail and climb lots of steps, nobody told us we had to go off trail and do a bit of rock climbing here and there. The river part of the tour was anticipated. I have been there before in my early childhood days and I can remember very little of the dark hole. All I can remember was almost drowning in there during my last visit.
It must’ve been the rainy season and the water current was quite strong. There was a part of the tour were visitors had to crawl in the water to avoid the stalactites above. The space was only about one foot or so, therefore it wasn’t that much of a space in the first place. I was a small kid. During one of the crawling parts, I was swept away by the current. I couldn’t breathe as I was fully submerged in the water and the water level had risen to the height of the given space; one foot. I can’t really remember the details properly but I can recall coming up for air for a few moments and an interactor put his hand over my face to prevent it from hitting the rough stalactite ceiling and another in front of me blocked the path so technically, those two saved my life.
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