Perlis caving expedition July 2010

In July 2010 I joined some British cavers from South Wales on a caving expedition to Perlis. The objective was to look for new caves and to survey them, and explore known ones that hadn't been mapped, and for one member to dive resurgences.

We stayed in Perlis State Park. Unfortunately we ran into problems with lack of permits as the situation has changed and you now need to obtain permits from 3 government departments in Putrajaya!

We did however find some new caves, and visited some I have already been to.

We were so close to the Thai border at Wang Kelian that I used to pop across to the Thai side for meals, and go to the duty free shop. It was monsoon season, which meant quite a lot of rain, and it was very cool at night.

See separate album of fauna seen during our stay, and some of the tourist sites we saw.

RM10,000 fine

Roots growing through rock -

Amorphophallus, elephant yam

old Landie

well laden

getting ready for Tasik Meranti road shaft

getting Tony into his harness

entering the cave and climbing down

Climbing down a ladder

Next cave is Wang Mengkuang 2. It is a tin mine, with clear water -

Peg used by miners

Tony looking into the sump -

bulbs left by miners

old pipes

Kaki Bukit Temple Cave, with 2 contrasting streams

Looking at the sink , what a mess

Goa Baba

Calcite flow -

Crossing a river to Wang Mu

Wang Mu entrance
New fish ponds

crossing a bridge
Resurgence at Wang Ulu

Testing the depth

There's a cave somewhere in this hill

Asking where the cave is

this boy offers to help

riding off..... .....now walking to look for cave

......coming back

We later find it. Martin swimming in

Should I swim?

Getting ready to dive

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