Caving in the jungle

In the town of Logroño some of German's relatives took us to a cave in the area.  We had to cross a very narrow suspension bridge with the car and follow some rough, rocky roads.  After that we had to hoof it following a narrow path through the jungle.  The path was so narrow, it was hardly discernable at times.  It was a good thing we had guides.  There is nothing quite like walking through the jungle, and whether you decide to enjoy it or not depends on your perspective.  It is lush, green, and must have a million different types of plants.  Impatience grow wild, and don't forget the butterflies.  There are butterflies of every shape, size and color.  Some red, some yellow, and my favorites... the 8 inch metallic blue and black ones.  Of course, if you prefer the negative side of life, there's that too.  There's the mud, there's the biting bugs, and there's the steamy, sticky heat, and don't grab onto any plants when you trip on a log.  It seems at least half the plants in the jungle either sting or have nasty thorns.

 

When we got to the cave, only German and I went in.  The cave was large enough so that we could walk with no problem.  There were bats all over the place, and other critters.  In one of the pictures you can see a spider.  In the picture it's hard to gauge it's size, but with it's long, narrow legs, it was at least 8 inches across.

 

After going in 300-400 ft, we came to an underground river.  It was noisy and flowing very fast.  There were logs in the river that were caught amongst the rock formations.  At this point, we had to turn around, but I was reading today that if we could have kept on going, we would have found a 90ft. underground water fall.  Oh well, that will be for next time... whenever that will be.