The tiny falls were gorgeous, ...
trees enormous, ...
but these falls left me... BREATHLESS!
43 meters of cascading beauty!
We hired a guide to take us behind the falls into a little hidden cave. The only directions we received were, "Ok, guys! Don't bring your camera because everything will get soaked. Look down and breathe through your mouth!" ....so, I grabbed my camera ;-), wrapped it in 3 bags, and the guide disappeared in the pools before us! We lined up, put one foot in front of the other. I thought we were going BEHIND the falls, not THROUGH them! Barely being able to see 3 inches in front of me, I froze underneath. I remembered to breathe through my mouth- the only way, but the crashing water washed my contacts off my eyes. I couldn't see, or hear. Suddenly, the guide's hat was plopped on my head and a hand grabbed my wrist. I was now being pulled through a pool, under what felt like a torrential hurricane!!! I emerged into a breaking point, lost in only mist this time. My contacts settled back in and I could see a small opening... We crawled one by one across the limestone and up through the mouth of a tiny cave wondering WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO US!?!?! Missing just 2 volunteers of us 7, come to realize they were catching their breath in the mist. We all seemed conscious, breathing, with only few notable bruises. Check, check- haha! ... and we were please to discover that my camera had also miraculously survived the journey- haha!
After surviving the trip back, time to have some FUNNNNN!!!!!
WE DID IT!!!
