We Survived

Our long boat cre coming to pick us up
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Alright well since I am exhausted and coherent sentences are beyond me, this is probably just going to be a stream of randoms thought as I remember them and not in order or anything....

So I'll start with the adventure caving- and I didn't think Lauren was that bright, yet she did better than me at avoiding the caving situation...our guide was jerry...after our first "squeeze" a hole only big enough for your body to get through if you suck in, we enter our first big section of the cave. oh and when I thought cave I thought small dark space...not so BIG dark space...we came up to our first rope climb, no foot holds,  so dad volunteers to support mine and mom's bum, as we ascend the wall...unlucky for dad, mom decides to let one rip in order to give her nuclear propulsion to power her up and over and also sending dad to the ground, oh and I'm pretty sure some bats dropped dead too...Jerry said  (in his broken english) "I always remember that"...like dad said big spiders, I hate spiders...tons of rope ascents and descents...a bruised bum...extreme darkness...oh and dad's quotes: "when rope climbing you need to use body pinches, so you..(sounds of dad bashing into rocks as he climbs)" --"careful, thats how you twist your ankle..(sounds of dad falling)"

coming out of Racer cave after three hours with only a helmet light
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leaving for hike in hellaysia:

long boat ride...meet our porter, robert...robert sees our bags and goes"you have got to be shitting me" well I don't speak Mulu, but I pretty sure that is what he said...robert is unaware we hired him for 2 days, says he will only do one...no good for us. We continuedto march to camp (atleast 4 hours) 8km long...took the wrong path at one point (we followed the darn stakes but aparently they were the wrong ones) to about a foot deep mud... I think "awww screw it(slosh, slosh , slosh)" was the uniform phrase throughout our family. Made it to Camp 5, met nice people...bees are attracted to sweat, and after that hike we were absolutely swarmed by bees...pulled off our leeches...had our yummy noodles for dinner(sarcasm)...slept well lauren and dad did... the mosquito net kept pissing me off. Woke up before day break for butter bread and oranges...everyone else around us ate pancakes and other yummy snacks. left for Head hunters Trail (11km long) 1/3 longer than the other one but we finsihed in less time, I'll let dad fill you in on our motivation... we didnt even try to avoid the mud this time, occasionally stopping to pull off leeches, we were a family on a mission. rain roots rocks mud, rain roots, rope bridge, rocks, more mud...not much deviation. made it to long boat only to trvel for several hours in it...visited a local village, picked up a village kid, got soaked in rainstorms, made it to bus stop. Now the whole time we were on this adventure today mom and i kept saying, "well it can't get any worse", we were wrong, every time...back to the cab ride...now I was sitting behind the driver mom to my left(opposite car /side of the road over there)lauren behind her, who says to mom, "Can you roll your window down? it smells like Malaysia" refering to the local boy in the backseat with her...sitting behind the driver it was very evident to me that he either suffered from a combination of nasal and neck issues....or he suffered from a serious crack disorder. The family noticed too and we all decided that it was probably the addiction...although to give the guy a break, if I had to spend my profession dodging potholes the size of my car into oncoming traffic at high speeds I'd need something to take the edge off too probably... instead of counting how many times he did his neck twitch thing (roughly 48+) I opted to fall asleep. We miraculously arrived at our motel safely. The nightstand doubles as the control system for AC, TV, and lights...nifty. Oh I forgot the barbie pink phone, and burgundy toilet, bathtub, sink, etc. The town we are in now reminds me of waterworld...no one can walk due to our bodys being so stiff from our past 2 days of 'adventure'...

In front of Deer Cave largest cave in the world prior to bats departing
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too much for one blog I'm sure everyone has their own versions...I'll post a special Quot Edition later....but anyways we survived (so stop worrying grandma)...and hopefully we will be in Bali soon...