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
© Liz Price
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