Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Mother Nature Shows Off Underground...


We’d all been to caverns before, but this was the first time any of us had ever been on a boat underground and we were definitely impressed. At the end of the ride, we met up with a tour guide who walked us around for about an hour. Luckily Tony knew enough French to share some of facts with the rest of us. Even without full explanations, we thoroughly enjoyed the visit because of the incredible beauty of the stalactites and lakes. The above formation was called the Pile of Plates. While we only travelled 1 kilometer from the chasm, over 40 kilometers of galleries have been explored so far. It’s incredible to think that there could be still undiscovered caverns hiding such beauty elsewhere in the Dordogne. 

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