11-07-12 to 11-07-12, Mulu Park
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| Hundreds of kilometers of caves, some of which would fit a fifty story building, tons of cool bugs, and literally millions of bats. An amazing place. | |||
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| Gives you an idea of the size of these caves. | |||
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| Lots of bats means lots of bat shit. | |||
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| We were lucky enough to be in the cave when the bats (2 to 3 million of them) started their nightly exodus. The first night they would swarm and then leave in repeated big groups. The second night it was almost a single continuous stream that lasted about 20 minutes. Both sights were insanely amazing. | |||
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| Some short videos that don't even come close to doing it justice. | |||
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