Because this is a three-week caving trip, we built in one day off. And that was today, so of course, we went to some caves. There is a hill with some caves in it that have 500-900 year old wooden coffins in it. Just had to see that.
Agop Batu Tulug is a small limestone hill just beyond Gomantong. There are three caves that they note, but they have a trail around the hill and there are a couple of other short caves as well.
Agop Batu Tulug is a small limestone hill just beyond Gomantong. There are three caves that they note, but they have a trail around the hill and there are a couple of other short caves as well.
Don McFarlane in the lower cave Agop Suribak
Carved wooden coffins in the upper cave Agop Sawat
Agop Batu Tulug, the hill with the coffin caves
Since this went so well, we went off to find something to make a mess of. We chose trying to find the elephant sanctuary. There is a sign along the road and we turned into a massive oil palm plantation. Drove in, many turns no signs. Drove out. Found a guy on a tractor who pointed to the correct turn. Drove in. Just when we figured all was lost we found a dilapidated sign pointing the way. Drove through a mud bog in the 12-seater mini-bus. Parked the bus and could see a building. Started walking. No one spoke English at the building (a construction site) nor seemed to know where the elephants were. Failed. Now our trip was complete.
The misadventures of the Speleo Seven. At this mud bog we got out and walked to lighten up the bus. The next bog stopped us and we parked and walked from there to, well, nowhere
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