OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CAVE

Above, our intrepid explorers, (mostly) undaunted by our march through the neighborhood underworld.

When it's (really) hot outside, why not head to the neighborhood caves?  And so we did - making the short trip down the road to Wat Tham Chiang Dao - the cave temple that gave our neighborhood its name.

A shrine room sits just below the entrance to the cave - with cracks allowing slivers of daylight to stream in.  From there we had a guide lead us by lamplight through a series of 'rooms', with some scrambling/crawling/ducking through the connecting portals.

Unfortunately, my phone camera - and need to have hands and eyes on Eam - didn't lend itself to photos.  Plenty of rock formations in the form of animals, decent amount of bat guano, slight dripping sounds - an immersive experience.  Then back above ground for some well deserved ice cream :)