Lessons at G.Tempurung

I always thought I'm able to know everything just by reading about it, surf about it or watched it on TV.

But the truth is, I don't.

I wont truly know how something is like until I experience it first hand.

I thought I know what a cave is like until I went caving at Gua Tempurung.

It occurred to me that I actually don't know a lot of things I thought I already knew.

Gua Tempurung..... Tempurung means coconut shell.

A certain part of the cave looks like a coconut shell, hence the name.



Words cannot describe the beauty on the inner cave. The view was spectacular!

It was cool inside. The kind of coolness which was different from the outside world.



As I climbed stairs, crawled underneath narrow pathway, trailed thru muddy water, slid down a very steep slope and squeezed into a hole......I experienced a lots of hardship.

After that, I began to appreciate living in the 21st century and not in the Flintstones era.



This cave is homogeneous. If I got lost, I can never find my way out. We rely solely on our guide..Tok Misai. For the first time in my life, I'm so dependent on someone.



A certain portion of this cavern was in total absence of light.

I was blind as the bat when I switched off my torch.



It was another kind of darkness...very eerie kind.



I opened my eyes, looked 360 degrees ....I could not see anything at all.

I thought if I open my eyes wide enough, I would at least see something.

But it was pitch black.

At that moment, I felt lucky to be able to see with my eyes.

I began to feel for the blinds.



Ya..I learnt a lot from this Gua Tempurung trip.