Niah Caves

We almost didn't make it as they'd stopped running the bus that we were planning to take but thanks to the local taxi touts and a chance meeting with some friends from our jungle experience we were able to get ourselves a good deal for the trip from Miri (in Sarawak) to the caves. There was then a treacherously slippery boardwalk to negotiate before we made it into the caves but they were pretty big and impressive (and very very dark) so it was worth the effort. On the way back along the boardwalk to our accommodation we got caught in a tropical rain storm and can honestly say we have never ever seen so much rain!

View from The Great Cave

In the evening we walked to the nearby town of Batu Niah which was refreshingly empty of tourists. We sampled some Chinese rice beer and then walked back by torchlight through the jungle!! We saw lots of fireflies on the way which was pretty cool but then some impressive thunder and lightning started followed by more rain so it wasn't all good :-s