Deep Caving South Thailand
Thailand culture...
In a school somewhere very far south west Thailand. If you look carefully you will see me in the process of rolling a very inspiration joint, or wacky tobaccy, of good, south Thailand head.*
I am very focused on the task at hand. You will also notice a goose down jacket on my seat. No, it's not cold, but my driver likes to keep his vehicle refridgerated, if you know what I mean. I come prepared (except for caving!)
Somehow I found myself in a very long, cool, dark cave wearing nothing but my underwear. With a bunch of other people with high powered rubber cutters lights. It must be the good funny stuff I enjoyed at the table above.
But what a cave. I didn't know it would go for a few kilometres, because I didn't ask. That of course includes swimming through huge caverns and tunnels, carrying children on my back, and wondering which country we will be coming out in.
But this cave... You wouldn't know where it starts. Unless you were savvy enough to befriend the locals to show you. The Thais I was with walked (and swam) through this cave like they were going to the local market to eat lunch.
20 minutes into it I was feeling the cold and thinking about how far under the earth I was. Very strange.
Here's me feeling the cold. :-)
Well there you go. That's my caving adventure in southern Thailand for you. Lots more adventures to do...
It's always good to walk through a long cave now and then.
*By the way, I was only joking about rolling a joint on the table. I don't do that, and really don't feel the need to do it. There's enough bliss in real life. Basically you want to keep well and truly away from that type of thing in this country.
Peace %$!@!
The White Ape
In a school somewhere very far south west Thailand. If you look carefully you will see me in the process of rolling a very inspiration joint, or wacky tobaccy, of good, south Thailand head.*
I am very focused on the task at hand. You will also notice a goose down jacket on my seat. No, it's not cold, but my driver likes to keep his vehicle refridgerated, if you know what I mean. I come prepared (except for caving!)
Somehow I found myself in a very long, cool, dark cave wearing nothing but my underwear. With a bunch of other people with high powered rubber cutters lights. It must be the good funny stuff I enjoyed at the table above.
But what a cave. I didn't know it would go for a few kilometres, because I didn't ask. That of course includes swimming through huge caverns and tunnels, carrying children on my back, and wondering which country we will be coming out in.
But this cave... You wouldn't know where it starts. Unless you were savvy enough to befriend the locals to show you. The Thais I was with walked (and swam) through this cave like they were going to the local market to eat lunch.
20 minutes into it I was feeling the cold and thinking about how far under the earth I was. Very strange.
Here's me feeling the cold. :-)
Well there you go. That's my caving adventure in southern Thailand for you. Lots more adventures to do...
It's always good to walk through a long cave now and then.
*By the way, I was only joking about rolling a joint on the table. I don't do that, and really don't feel the need to do it. There's enough bliss in real life. Basically you want to keep well and truly away from that type of thing in this country.
Peace %$!@!
The White Ape
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