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| The morning after Fat Monkey |
First, I would like to say that I had no idea Laos had so many amazing caves and two, thank goodness for the Stray Asia company for planning our group outings around obscure, out of the way sites, like this cool mountainside cave.
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| Breakfast of champions |
We wake up, the morning after Fat Monkey and no one is happy, or feeling well, or wanting to do anything but sit on the bus and drive to Vientiane. However, seeing as how the Stray company DOES NOT care that we are all feeling ill (thanks to you laughing gas and cheap vodka), we are herded to a mountainside cave with a long set of stairs. Despite the treacherous climb, we're all very happy the company forced us into it...ha.
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| The orange bridge |
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| It's a long climb |
To get to the cave, you walk across a rickety orange bridge to cross the river, past a local market and up another LONG flight of stairs that are etched in the rocky mountainside.
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| The cave doors |
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| The inside cave grotto |
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| Just beautiful |
Once up top, you are greeted to a gorgeous, fully lit, pathway through a beautiful cave. As you're twisting and turning through the caverns, a praying area is revealed where you kneel down, shake a container of numbered sticks while thinking of a wish for Buddha at the same time. Once a numbered stick falls out of the container, you grab a note with that number on it. The note corresponds to a reading from Buddha himself. I, of course, tried it and Chit, our local guide, translated the message for me. I will say that my note was not the best but it was nice to be involved in a ritual that all the locals do from time to time.
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| Allan's GQ model shoot |
Since this trip, both Allan and I have really come to appreciate caves and trekking. There are so many of them here, and a lot of them weren't discovered until the late 90' and early 00's. It's crazy to think about all the other caves out there that have yet to be explored.
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| The swimming hole outside the cave entrance |
Christina and Allan - The Spelunkers??? Has a nice ring to it I think....ha
The caves look incredible! Did you guys go in the swimming hole? New TV Show: Christina and Allan - The Spelunkers!!!!! You could travel all over the place and visit bars at night and caves in the day!! xo
ReplyDeleteTV show??? Yes, for sure. Me freaking out about bats and Allan modeling between randowm rocks. Perfect show for sure
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