Getting swallowed up by Tham Kong Lo

Located about 3h drive from the border to Laos is the enormes cave "Tham Kong Lo". To get there the bus bound for Vientiane dropped me off at the turn-off from where I hitch-hiked the last 42 km. Finally I got into a small boat, which brought me through the cave. It feels like you getting swallowed up by the enormous entrance.

The cave is about 7.5km long, which doesn't sound very long... but it is. It is long, wide and tall. At some parts you could easily build up football court. It was just amazing! It takes about one hour with a motorboat to get through the cave. I cannot describe the feeling of going through, because it is so huge and it just wouldn't end as you are going through, before getting back to the heat. But fortunately there is always time to cool down in the river before the adventurous trip south towards the Pakse.

Tham Kong Lo is undecribable, so there is just the option of seeing it oneself if you want to have a slight idea of what it is like. It is overwhelming!