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Stein, BR
1988
12 Aug. Several areas. Evidences of old campfires
means we are not the first or the only
visitors. The cave, main chamber, is easily
50' in length. There are 4 steps down
into the main chamber from an outer
room + some of the walls have been plastered.
The best guess is that it was used by
one side or the other during W.W. II or
the Japanese invasion. I would expect The
Hillides are full of such caves + that some
might be / have been inhabited by the locals.
Our guide scampered around + caught us
one Rhinolophus by hand - such a perfect
horseshoe noseleaf - much more impressive
when alive than dead. The cave itself
is probably 20° cooler than the outside
air which today was hot + humid. You
can feel the temp. drop as you approach
through the vegetation. Water drips on
the inside. Most of the area leading up
to the cave has been cleared, some
2° growth remains.
Graham + Michelle spent a long, hot day
trying to place our one bamboo hat live
trap - which they eventually did. A brief,
hard sun shower hit about 4:00pm -
easy to make the trails a mess tomorrow,