April 17, 2002

• Underground Wonder

  
  

  We recently went on a short trip to Puerto Rico and I wanted to share a couple of pictures I took of the Caves of Camuy.  They were really impressive we thought, but not very easy to find.  It became apparent that the highway signage was very low key. . . we ALMOST missed the caves completely.  In fact we passed it twice while looking for it.  It was almost like they didn’t really want you to find their treasure.  I’m glad we kept looking.

  
  

  
  Photo by chris Duffy . . . . . click on picture (then F11) to see larger image.

  
  

  We took this little train round and round, down and down farther into a place that can be best described as a humungous sink hole with lots of vegetation, until we reached the bottom and the entrance to the cave.

  
  

  
  Photo by chris Duffy . . . . . click on picture (then F11) to see larger image.

  
  

  This is the view looking back at where we’d just entered the cave.  It was moist and much cooler than is was on the outside.  We had a guide who led us deeper into the cave system. 

  
  

  
  Photo by chris Duffy . . . . . click on picture (then F11) to see larger image.

  
  

  Thank goodness they had lights strategicly placed down in the belly of the cave or we wouldn’t have been able to see a thing.  We saw lots of stalagtites and stalagmites and I forget what our guide called them when the two types actually meet and become one.   

  
  

  
  Photo by chris Duffy . . . . . click on picture (then F11) to see larger image.

  
  

  This was another opening to the sky about half way through the cave.  We also went through the area where the bats sleep during the day.  It was considerable warmer in that portion of the cave and our guide told us that was because there were so many bats sleeping in the cave that their collective bodies put out enough heat to warm up the cave.   I was glad we didn’t visit that section too long.  All in all it was a very interesting afternoon. 

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