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Unless you purchase a fitted wet suit, you will always look horrible in one.
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When going through the narrow parts of the cave, we would take this formation and latch on to the feet of the person behid you.
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Before entering the cave, we had to practice and demonstrate that we could jump backwards off a ledge, and land in the water on our tube. There were a couple waterfalls in the cave that required us to do this for safety.
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We are standing a few feet from the cave opening. I went back later and took extra pictures to show how concealed (and small) it is.
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Above us was a shaft leading hundreds of feet up to a well apparently. One of our guides took this picture close to the ground where he was standing, showing the small waterfall in front of us.
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The start of the trail leading down to the cave.
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You see the cave, right?!
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This small stream was one of many that fed into the caverns below.
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Tania trying to figure out where the cave is. It's right there, promise!
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Stepping down to the lowest rock visible, then turning 110 degrees to the right revealed the cavern opening (next picture).
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The leaves give a good idea of just how big/small this thing is.
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Looking in, can't even tell it leads anywhere hardly. The black spot toward the center lower right is where it continues around a corner.
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I had fun taking random pics from our drive back to Auckland.
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India has the right idea for making long road trips fun.
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While I was black-water rafting, Tania and India explored a different cave a mile or two away.
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The walkways in this cavern or another were ~ 20 feet above us for portions of our rafting trip.
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