Travel Diary Page 2: What could be simpler? Propelled by a local woman who is lightly paddling and steering a simple boat made of bamboo, yet you are transported to this other worldly landscape of numerous limestone outcrops with lush green foliage and soft fluffy green river weeds just below the surface of the tranquil water. A swim here would be a healing experience for sure in the soothing water. As you enter the caves you are warned to duck your head in case you hit it on a dripping stalactite -and the air goes clammy and stuffy in the caves making it a nice darkness to light experience when you finally breathe fresh air again at the mouth of the cave. Magical. Remember to tip the rower, even if you row yourself with her, her as they don’t get paid much. On a bamboo boat on the Tam Coc river in the Mua Caves in Ninh Binh.
