A giant cave near border

**kuching** · 27th Apr 2009, 07:36

April 26, 2009. Today was a strange day.....I didn't expect to met my outdoor friends in the remote area of Sarawak about few miles away from the Malaysian-Indonesian border. They were going there for caving but I was planning to climb that limestone hill....however, I changed my plan & joined them.

There are so many caves in that area.....and one of the caves is really big & the roof is pretty high. Part of the roof is collapsed, so the sunlight can shine on the cave floor. The view is magnificient!!!

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Pix 2: The limestone hills near the border

Pix 3: group photo

Pix 4: Limestone hill forest

Pix 5: Limestone hill forest

**kuching** · 27th Apr 2009, 07:37

Pix 6: Hiking

Pix 7: Hiking in limestone outcrops.

Pix 8: Limestone cliff

Pix 9: Breathtaking view at the cave mouth.

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**kuching** · 27th Apr 2009, 07:39

Pix 11: Some parts of the trail are very steep.....

Pix 12: Rays of light

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**kuching** · 27th Apr 2009, 07:40

Pix 16: We're looks like tiny ants in this giant cave....

Pix 17: group photo (without me)

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pix 19: The roof top

Pix 20: Sun light shines on the cave floor.

**kuching** · 27th Apr 2009, 07:41

Pix 21: Looks like a monster is watching me.

Pix 22: Caving is dangerous but yet fun & exciting.

Pix 23: Surveying a cave passage.....

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Pix 25: Another cave in that area

**kuching** · 27th Apr 2009, 07:42

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**kuching** · 27th Apr 2009, 07:43

Pix 31: Begonia speluncae grows on the stalactite at the cave mouth.

Pix 32: Begonia sp.

Pix 33: Fungi

Pix 34: Fly

pix 35: Unidentified species of butterfly from Nymphalidae family.

**kuching** · 27th Apr 2009, 07:44

Pix 36: Probably Everes lacturnus

Pix 37: A stream

Pix 38: Puntius orphoides & Esomus metallicus (smaller one)

Pix 39: Paracrossochilus vittatus

Pix 40: A polluted river

**kuching** · 27th Apr 2009, 07:45

Pix 41: Freshwater puffer, Carinotetraodon salivator

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pix 43: The male Carinotetraodon salivator

Pix 44: Oxygaster anomalura

Pix 45: Last picture: a big colony of white millipede inside the dark cave. They are looking for food in a pile of guano (bats' dropping).

**juggler** · 27th Apr 2009, 10:23

Mike: Amazing photos. It looked like all this popped right our of "Planet Earth : Caves" (episode 4). Seems like you were there at the right time when lighting just right for your pictures.