NIKAU CAVES...
OUR FINAL ADVENTURE FOR 2009
BEFORE HEADING INTO THE CAVES WE HAD TO LISTEN TO A FEW INSTRUCTIONS, PUT HELMETS ON AND CHECK OUR TORCHES WERE ALL FUNCTIONING.
HERE WE ARE TRAMPING ACROSS THE FARMLAND AND FINALLY ENTERING THE CAVE...RATHER SPOOKY!
ALTHOUGH A LITTLE SCARY AT TIMES AND SOMETHING NONE OF US, EXCEPT MR AND MRS MASSARI HAD EVER TRIED BEFORE, WE FOUND THE EXPERIENCE EXTREMELY EXCITING...A REAL CHALLENGE. THERE WERE TIMES WE HAD TO ALMOST CRAWL ON OUR STOMACHS IN ORDER TO GET THROUGH SOME LITTLE GAPS! OUR HELMETS CERTAINLY CAME IN HANDY, PREVENTING THE STALACTITES INJURING OUR HEADS.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE ABOVE PHOTOGRAPHS...IN THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT YOU CAN SEE JUST A FEW OF THE AMAZING STALACTITES WHICH HAVE TAKEN THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF YEARS TO FORM.
IN THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE GLOW WORMS (WE COULD SEE THE GLOW WORMS GLOWING WHEN WE TURNED OUR TORCHED OFF AND STOOD IN THE PITCH DARK).
WHAT A GREAT WAY TO END THE YEAR!
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