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Megaworld Asia -
a year ago
Dao (turtle) Cave: Dao cave is part of a temple complex which is 500 meters along route #3301. Enter the temple grounds and follow the signage to a parking area which is adjacent to the short cement stairway up to the cave entrance. The initial entry chamber is well lit with two large Buddha statues situated within. One is in an alcove directly in front and the other is situated along the left wall. Both are around two meters in height. The cave was well lit with evenly spaced fluorescents highlighting the more interesting features and formations. There is general direction to follow through a labyrinth of small chambers and passageways before eventually coming back to the first chamber. The cave is generally well lit throughout but it’s always advisable to carry your own torchlight as a back-up just in-case there’s a power outage. There are bats in many of the chambers and they can be seen hanging from the ceilings at various points.
Canon Ball Trees: Outside the cave, on the temple grounds, there are a couple of interesting features well worth a few minutes of your time to check out. The first, and most visible, is the enormous seated Buddha statue which fronts the limestone cliffs in which the cave is located. The second, and a quite unusual piece of flora, are the canon-ball trees which are off to the sides of the temple grounds. These trees have low hanging, seed pods which are the size of canon-balls and bunched like large grapes. They also have a rather unusual, pungent smell about them.
