Tham Lod Cave

Nature

Yesterday we went to Tham Lod Cave. The cave consists of three segments, Big Column Cave, Doll’s Cave, and Coffin Cave. We only went to Big Column and Coffin Cave. We had a tour guide that led us through the cave and without her lantern it would have been pitch black. Here are some facts: Big Column Cave has a huge column in the middle that is 21.45 metres tall, it was made from Stalagmites converging with Stalactites. A Stalagmite is a rock formation made from hardened calcium that hangs from a cave ceiling, a stalactite is a rock formation that grows up from the ground due to dripping water from the ceiling that has limestone particles which eventually creates a Stalactite. In Coffin Cave, archaeologists found many log coffins that held human corpses that are from 1,400 years ago and archaeologists think that there was a big settlement a long time ago in the cave. To get from Big Column Cave to Coffin Cave we took a bamboo raft which was a very fun experience, bats pooped on my mom three times!! We also got to feed the catfish living in the cave. Overall, it was awesome. πŸ˜ŠπŸ‘