A River Runs Through It

So now its time for the second part of our mainland trip, the cave tubing. First we ate at some jungle restaurant, props to Sander here for eating outside of his comfort zone. Outside the eatery, there was a monkey (that's him in the picture). This monkey would be the equivalent to the Woody Creek Tavern cat (or at least that's what I told myself when he grabbed onto Sander's leg). Really neat little guy, he would jump up on peoples heads, climb around, hang out, work the crowd for a bit, move on, the guy was a pro.

Then we hike 30 minutes to the river for our cave tubing tour. This was really neat. The river runs through a series of caves, but here I think, "can they really be caves if they have a front and back? Aren't caves sort of one entrance...things? These are more like tunnels." But whatever, even I'm not nerdy enough to point that out. "Um excuse me, jungle person, I think these are technically NOT caves, but rather 'cave like' structures, tunnels at best really." Nope not me. By the way, yes, as I wrote this I went online and looked up the definition of "cave." "#1 A hollow or natural passage under or into the earth, especially one with an opening to the surface." A bit murky, but I think I'm right, you be the judge. Anyway, its really cool. They give you an inner-tube and headlamp, and then guide you through the "cave" system. Pretty neat. We saw bats, and in the second "cave" there was a green section with light coming through it. I'd show you the picture but it didn't really come out. But it was very fun. The first picture is of the cave opening looking back, the second is Sander chillin with his feet on my shoulders.

So it was time to go back, the weather broke and the wind really died down. So it was a nice, pleasant ride back. Oh, another perk of riding in the back with the Captain, if you get lucky, your son gets to drive the boat for a bit (back to being a good daddy!).

More to come tomorrow...