Adventures in Torotoro (Part 2)

That afternoon, we were guided through the biggest caverns in Bolivia! Slowly but surely, we descended into the caverns’ enormous mouth, climbing over boulders, edging our way down steep and slippery faces of rock, and easing down ropes and ladders. Soon, we had to switch on the lights attached to the front of the helmets given us. The most amazing part of the tour was when we reached a large, crystal-clear pool where water bugs and blind fish swam. On the far end, through a space between slabs of rock, gushed water, flowing away through unseen cracks into the semi-darkness. We all turned off our flashlights to see how dark it really was there, and couldn’t even distinguish the dark caused by closing our eyes to the actual pitch black of the caverns. Thank goodness we had light, and a guide! And yes, a guide was imperative, for we went the wrong way more than once, and barely scraped along in steep places where we couldn’t see the cavern’s bottom. Needless to say, that afternoon was a tense, and exhilarating time!

A few dinosaur footprints on the way to the caverns.

Near the entrance!

This place is called the Hall of Concerts,

because of the organ-shaped stalactites. 

Sometimes there was no path 

to follow and we had to descend

on hands and knees or by rope.

We had just come out of the caverns, exhausted!

To my brothers, these caverns were the ideal adventure,

 and they loved it! They were the least tired out of us  :)

Our first days of sightseeing in Torotoro was breath-taking, fascinating, tiring, and a bit nerve-wrecking, but we enjoyed it thoroughly and look back on it with many fun memories!