South West Road Trip: Mammoth Cave and Lake Cave
One of the best things for the road trip is: driving.
I never enjoy driving so much in my life. Driving along Bussel Highway was fantastic. I can’t imagine how does it feel driving on world best driving road.. I am not a true petrol head. But still! Oh!
First night, we settled into a small nice B&B cottage. It is very ‘Victorian’ style. In fact, the owners were so friendly that they freaked me out a little. How freaky? Did you watch Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan? Remember there was a scence where Borat travelled to L.A with his agent friend;, they settled into a Jewish homestay. The Jewish couple offered them some supper. They thought it was poisonous. They ended up escape through the window. 
My experiece was abit like that. But I didn’t run away at the end like Borat. I convinced myself:Hey you, you watch too much Borat and Ali G. Plus, we paid through our blood-sweat-tear money. But much the ‘we’, mainly Kian. Ha!
Our adventure on the first morning at South West was visiting the caves – Mammoth Cave and Lake Cave. Jewel Cake is slightly further down the road, so we decided to give that a miss.
The vast majority of the population from this road trip: Kian, and Tze (Kian’s sister) sorta reluctant to visit the caves. This is pretty much explainable: the Sarawakian. I, Perakian, on the other hand is never sick of playing tourist, visiting famous caves. So, the Sarawakians think they have World longest cave, heck! Ipoh also got have coutless Caves [inserting Singaporean-kiasu-ism] We have Perak Cave, San Bao Cave and .. I can’t remember.
My point is simple: do the local thing. 
The first stop: Mammoth cave.
This is a self-guide tour. You pay 17bucks (or something), they give you a headphone, you walk, and listen to few strangers talking to you.
Fabulous! What a waste of money.
If you thinking of spending your money just like that, I have a better idea for you: Give me your money. (Thanks in adavance, Cheers)
Do you? really? Need people to tell you? These are calciumcified deposistion? All the scentific facts, how they formed etc etc. Fact, I personally think the information is too superficial. Or, naturally, there isn’t much thing they can tell you about. So, my advice to make the visit more interesting and memorable: when you go down to the cave, whenever you look up or look down, keep saying: WHOAH!! WOW!! WHOOOOOAAAH!! 
The cave itself is plain. Someone gotta do “something” crazy to keep ourselves entertained 
And that someone, obviously is me.
There is this ancient animal jaw and teeth fossil display in Mammoth Cave. It makes me wonder, the whole part of animal is gone by now, oh well, that’s pretty obvious, isn’t? But the thing is, why only the jaw and teeth part? If this means that these particular parts are the least destructible, why? We human being still spend top money for insurance to pay for dental job? I, myself pretty obsessive-compulsive looking after my teeth. I brush my teeth after meals. I floss 2-3 times a day when required. I gargle with Listerine® to max out the cleaned sensation in my mouth. But, I haven’t pay big money for dental work. *touch wood* Remember, it was my family dentist who did my dental work. The extraction costs less than RM100. niiiice.
Some views from the Cave.
Apparently, this is pretty amazing (from the photo), when you actually get down there, again, you have to do the WHOAHH WHOAHH thing, pretending you drop your jaw — make the experiece even more fantastic!
The second stop was: Lake Cave. This is pretty amazing.
Just look at this Upside-Down Table. The water level has been dreasing from years to years, so this leads to this funny looking creature.
Cool eh? By the way, photos were all taken by Kian. And they look much more better than those tourist website. [of course lah ! It is my ney who took the photos, ok? 
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We joined the tour and went into the cave. The space inside Lake Cave itself is not THAT big. The tour guide explained to us about bits and pieces. Personally, I think I can do better than him. And absolutely way entertainer ;P
There were an Asian family (2 adults, 2 children), a foreign couple and ourselves in the tour. They were all very “serious” about the tour. Serious, as in, they acted like a first-day junior school students. They all quite and listen.
I, on the other hand, nearly killed by the chilly silence.
We were brought to the end of the Cave. We sat down. The tour guide started switching the light on and off. These are 3 photos taken with different colours.
First:
Second:
Third:
Tell me, what do you see? Come one, Chinese! I know you can do it.
I, the kia-su inteligent Chinese student, was the first one who put my hand up and answered the question Just like back in high school.
When I was told I answered it 100% correctly. I was so impressed, and so proud Just like back in high school
*see-peh childish*
Hope you all enjoy the photos. p/s: I am working full time now, practicing drugs. All good. I love the people. I love the place.
Till then, see you in my next post for more about Margaret River.
xoxox
Cynthia | Australia's South West
I been to the Mammoth Cave. Yeah, it is nothing much compare to the one in Sarawak. I been to the largest cave in Sarawak, the Mulu Cave. Nice experience.
Kian from which part of Sarawak?
you & kian didn’t play caveman & woman meh? wear loin cloth & club you with his dongle & have his way with you like only a caveman can!
I think I’ve been in those caves. For some reason every time my family goes on holidays my parents loved to have us all go into caves and stuff. I’ve been into the caves at Yanchep so many times I can’t count it any more.
Photos looked good.
p.s. I’m going to be working full time in Perth soon. From 14th of January I’ll be earning bucket loads of money [and apparently I’m cheap at the price]
[…] My family left town few weeks ago. We went all over Perth, and visited Down South. Before that, Kian’s sister was in Town, we went to South (again). Back in few months ago, Miza, my old friend was in Town twice(!), we went up to King’s Park, we had loacl seafood. I’ve been visiting the same place, doing the same things all over and over again. And this is pretty scary. Don’t get me wrong, I love my friends and family. I mentioned before: you3 peng2 zhi4 yuan4 fang1 lai2, bu2 yi4 le hu1?It’s just that, Perth has THAT much to offer, I am kinda sick of it now. Playing tourguide is not that fun, after all. […]