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In the dry season the road to Konglor Cave is a dusty, rutted, bone jaring ride in the back of a truck. In the wet season it's largely impassable.

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Laos_Konglor Cave_2_10_06_02

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One of the many river crossings along the way.

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Laos_Konglor Cave_2_10_06_06

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This lone red tree was unlike any other I saw in Laos

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Laos_Konglor Cave_2_10_06_09

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The journey through the cave begins in small village and then you head upriver by boat to the cave

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Laos_Konglor Cave_2_10_06_11

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Laos_Konglor Cave_2_10_06_12

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Laos_Konglor Cave_2_10_06_13

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That's why the call them water buffalo.

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In some places the water is so shallow we had to get out of the boat. In others the water is so deep no one has found the bottom.

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Laos_Konglor Cave_2_10_06_28

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One the far side of the cave is an extremely isolated valley, the only way in or out is through the cave.

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Dried rat anyone? We said no this time, but later...

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Matt with some of the local children

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When we came back out of the cave the sun was just setting...

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When we came back out of the cave the sun was just setting...

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The only lodging in the area is a homestay. I have no idea who made this sign but no one in the village spoke english. Matt and Jacqui masqueraded as man and wife and the family they stayed with spoke a little french. Ofir and I got by on smiles and hand gestures.

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Dawn over the river.

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