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| Limestone formation on Bayukbok caves' wall. |
The
Bayukbok Caves are one of the historical places in
Bulacan which can be found at the territory of
Biak na Bato National Park. Based on Philippine history, these were used by the guerrillas to hid from Japanese colony. Later you'll realized how they put their selves in the narrowest and the darkest holes of the caves just to hide and save their lives
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The Map.
Legend in English: Daanan:way, Yungib:Cave, Bahayan:Residences, Tulay na Kable:Cable Bridge, Palanguyan:Swimming Area, Piknikan:Picnic Area. As you can see here at the Map there are lots of "Yungib".
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| To start the activity, we crossed the river because we came from Mt. Manalmon (right) then entered a forested area (left). |
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| We climbed this limestone formation. |
Then we climbed up on these rocks..Actually, I slipped here because of wet marble rock I stepped on. haha. Thank God someone catched me :) After this area we settled first for an orientation and rules for the activity. This is a very unforgettable experience. You will then realize that the whole area was totally submerged in water billions of years ago because of the sedimentary rocks around. Would you imagine that the whole Bulacan Philippine land area wasn't existed before? Amazing!
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| Entrance to the cave. |
This is the entrance of the first cave that we had entered. We all piled up here coz our cave guides, "Tatay Tunying" and "Kuya Mel" are fixing an exciting appetizer! :)
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| I used rope in here to decent. |
Tadaah! Descended using a rope. Biceps activated! I think this is about 20ft high and the stones are quite slippery so we have to really use this.
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| Inside the cave. |
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| The Music room |
It is called the "Music Room" because it produces different sounds or beats through percussion of those mineral formations.
After descending using a rope, crawling under the stones and went through small tunnels we never knew how we went out of there, now here's another challenge! Simple yet enjoyable.
Oh we're not like fell on a trap here! There's a small opening at our lower left side, about 50 inches in diameter. The guy whose wearing black with orange stripe is actually assisting others to enter the area, but unfortunately we were almost full there, so everyone should climb up one by one to have enough space.
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| Beautiful stalactite and stalagmites (left). Small hole entered again over here (right). |
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| Great limestone formation, coral-like on the left and ceiling of heaven on the right. |
Bayukbok cave exploration doesn't stopped here. Our cave guides told us that there's another cave that can be entered aside from here, which is much harder.
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