As I’ve mentioned in my previous post, I like going to the beach yet I don’t normally go swimming . I just love being there. When I got home tonight from a two-day beach getaway, I was feeling a little weird, not sure if I’m just tired or a little disappointed as I didn’t enjoy this trip that much.
A friend and I organized this trip and i was looking forward to it. Got up really early on a Saturday and was feeling excited to go the beach once again. I wasnt expecting that one of my worst enemies would visit me there at the beach.. migraine.. That was a nightmare, a terrible headache while having a short break at the beach. I wasnt able to really enjoy it, and ended up going to bed early. Maybe I should go away again in a few weeks. I was not able to take nice photos as well, I have a few from my phone but they don’t show any sign of the beach lol..
Caving, mountaineering, trekking/hiking… these really are not so me 🙂 I consider myself a city girl… lol But there was a time when I dared myself to try a bit of an adventure. It all started with a bit of cave crawling a few years ago.
Sumaguing Cave, Sagada
When I saw my friend’s photos inside the Sumaguing cave I told myself that I would definitely try it. So when the opportunity came, I didn’t have second thoughts and packed my bags…
I’ve been to a few caves already, including those caves in Halong Bay, Vietnam (they are not the adventure-type caves anyway) but I’d say that Sumaguing is still the best of them all. Those stalagmites and stalactites are really amazing, they even named some of those beautiful rock formations ; king’s curtain, queen’s curtain, rice terraces, turtle, chocolate cake and a lot more.
Now, have a glimpse of my first proper caving adventure… I wont blame you guys if you would end up laughing at me after seeing the photos and videos.. 🙂
This beautiful rock formation below is called the king’s curtain and it was my first challenge inside the cave. I was a bit shocked when the guide told me that we had to climb down.. I was like “how on earth??? it’s nearly 90 degrees. ” I nearly twisted my legs as I was really struggling to climb down the king’s curtain 🙂
our guide called this 'the king's curtains'the guide was really helpful
Descending into the bottom of the cave was not a joke, especially for someone like me. We had to pass though a narrow passageway on all fours, walk on the wall while hanging on to a horizontally fixed rope with a gaping icy-water-filled-hole on the floor that is deep enough to drown me. We had a short break when we reached the bottom of the cave as I needed to regain my strength.
bottom of the cave
Then here comes climbing up.. We made a few stops on our way up as I was feeling really exhausted already. Our guide had to literally pull me up for me to climb up the queen’s curtains lol I also had a “rappelling moment” inside the cave and it was captured on video but I still have to convert it. I’m going to post it next time.
this one is called queen's curtainsguess I gave him a hard time.. lolexhausted
