Mulu National Park: The Lost World!

This has been by far one of THE highlights of this entire trip. While in Mulu, Jennie and I explored the world's largest cave passage in the Deer Cave (big enough for a 747 to fly through it and home to over 3 million bats, including the ones in the opening pic!), one of the world's longest cave systems in the Clearwater Cave (over 100 km explored thus far... and counting!) and climbed one of the world's 7 natural wonders: The Pinnacles, a grouping of 50 meter high, razor sharp limestone pinnacles formed by the devastating effects of water of a few million years. The climb usually takes people between 8-10 hours to get up and down the 2.4 KM long trail, which reaches a height of 1,200 meters, with an average slope between 45 and 90 degrees. Trust us it's steep! Jennie and I proudly accomplished the round trip in 7h40mins, including a 40 minute stint at the summit. The wake up call from Base Camp 5 was 4 AM, departure 5:40 AM in the dark with our head-lamps, return to camp 1:20 PM. One of the coolest things I've ever done!

Hope you enjoy the pics!

Jennie in front of our twin engine plan, on the Mulu Park airstrip.

On the back of our jeep, on route to the Park headquarters, with the mountains in the background.

The Deer Cave mouth just above the trees, in the giant limestone cliff.

Jennie and me after having tried, unsuccessfully, to sneak into the shee-shee poo-poo Royal Mulu Resort (the alternative to staying in the national park lodging) to use their pool on a crazy hot day. We made it into the pool with our travel buds Pat and Jessica, for about all of 15 seconds before asking us to either pay the $30 pool usage fee, or leave. We left, already refreshed anyway. HA!