Thursday, April 17, 2008

Gua Tempurung, Perak, Malaysia

On Monday, 14th April, my office conducted an expedition to Gua Tempurung

We chose package no. 3 (Wet tour) which is exciting and yet challenging. It takes about 2 1/2 hours to complete the tour. It was an amazing tour, no doubt. For those who loves adventurous kind of tour, you might want to try package no.4 which is more challenging and strenous.


Inside the cave, a lot of formations of stalactites resemble some of the living creatures such as dolphin, lions, jelly fish, human, monkeys etc. Due to my "unsophisticated" camera, I was not able to capture them all.

The journey started with the "wet" first.
the gate to the entrance of gua tempurung

some of the beautiful photos at the entrance
entrance of the cave
this is the spot where the "wet" tour begins

rock formation
the guide (man in blue) gave information on the rock
Graffiti on the wall
had to go through in between "marbles"
beautiful isn't it?
resting while waiting for the other friends
have to crawl under it
stalactites
had to climb the slope before we reached the "slide"
the "sliding" from the above
"sliding" from the bottom. Yes, have to slide down this slippery lime stonechambers in the cave (we didn't go in here)
this is the entrance to the river
had to go through this small tunnel before we reached here
looks like "marble" rock
stalactites
graffiti on the cave's wall

the cave has so many chamberscrystal clear water
river running in the tunnel
some of the "non-ancient" graffiti
had to climb the slope before we reached the stairs
climbing up many, many stairs to "top of the world"
"top of the world" - the highest tourist spot in the cave
this one is "lion head" formation, can't see it well, too close
the stalactites
it has been 15 years, and it only "grows" about 1 inch
stalagmite
rock formation
it says "stop here" 1959 - this is during the Japanese era, may be they stopped/hide there, but didn't know for what purpose
graffiti on the wall
wind tunnel - can feel a strong wind blowing here



rock formation
crystalsjelly fish formation
this particular spot has crystals

formation of lime stone
spot lights provide a clearer view of the wall's cave
the guide told us that on top of the pillar is "Osama bin Laden" form
stone formation
the black spots where bats reside
lights from the entrance
stone formation
it's the track in the cave
lights from the entrance of the cave
lime stone formation
track in the cave
it's good to see the light and the exit




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