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| Cave Pearls |
For our second trip into Son Doong, Ruth and I were on tour together, which was fortunate as it was another cold tour and sharing a tent made things slightly warmer.
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| Walking towards Doline 1 |
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| Assistant Guides taking a break |
At the Bru Van Khieu village there was an interesting spider (to me), I've seen this type before but they have been much smaller. Note the finger in the picture for scale.
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| Is that a spider or is it a crab? |
The conditions in the cave were clear as per the last trip so that meant the visibilty was good, even if there were no sunbeams.
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| Doline one and camp |
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| Bags, ready to go |
Apart from looking after clients, one of my main focuses for this tour was to take pictures of the cave pearls seen on the way so that we could compare with previous tours and with a final set which we will take at the end of the year.
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| Brains? |
On the way to the Great Wall of Vietnam, we saw a bat low down on a wall.
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| Just hanging around |
So I took a few pictures. It was probably sick as it didn't fly away.
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| Who are you calling big nose? |
However it wasn't there when the next tour went in so it either got better or flew away and died elsewhere!
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| Doline One |
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| The Dogs Bollocks, no really, that's what this formation is called! |
As you can see from the pictures, cave pearls come in various shapes and sizes, from tiny to Grapefruit size, smooth to rough and knobbly.
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| Dinosaur Eggs? |
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| Cave Potatoes |
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| Cave Pearls, just standard ones |
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| Cave Pearls with calcited bone |
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