Perak Expedition (Part II - Caving experience)

On the last day of the Perak expedition, we went caving. The initial part of the caving was...very tourist-y. The guide showed us many many rocks which apparently looked like animals, people, etc. Well, some resembled what the guide said it looked like, others....just left us clueless. We walked up and down using man-made staircases and pathways, surrounded by railings that were very helpful, especially when we were walking down loong staircases. Some photos from the cave..not too clearly taken as the camera flash was not strong enough.



























Think the real fun began when we got off the man-made pathways and walked into the dark.....onto sandpaths. Our first adventure, was sliding down this slope.



Looks quite easy? Yeah, now that I look back. But when you first saw it, didn't look all that simple. But the guides made it quite safe, because there was a guide mid-way down the slope (at where the torch is in the photo) to make sure you slid down the right way, another guide at the bottom of the slope to catch you as you slide down :)










After the slide down, our next adventure was "squeezing" through this hole in the ground! Haha, thankfully all of us were slim enough to go through it. Actually, the hole is pretty deceiving...looks quite small, but actually isn't that small afterall ;)














That lead us to the next exciting part of the cave, the WATER. The water was pretty cooling, a little cold in fact...and looked pretty clean... Thankfully the people who went last year already warned us about water-proofing our torches when we went caving...so I was well-prepared with my water-proof bag for my torch and camera. OTHERWISE, both would have drowned later on..














Initially, the water level was ankle-high as seen above. As we went deeper, the water level rose to our calves..and our cave ceiling seemed to be going lower and lower..which means, after a while, the only way to continue exploring the cave, was to literally be waddling/crawling (almost swimming!!) in the water. Haha..no wonder the need for water-proofing. I remember I bumped my head once or twice while crawling in the water, because I didn't see the rock in front due to my cap *ouch*.

(Well, obviously there aren't pictures of us waddling nor crawling since my camera is safely tucked away in my waterproof bag =P )

I think we waddled and crawled for maybe...20 minutes.
Took our rest at a more open area of the cave before we headed back out into the light... :)














Exiting the cave marked the end of our expedition in Perak!
All that was left of the trip was a nice lunch waiting on the outside of the cave, as well as a nice bath at a toilet where we had to pay RM 1 to use.