William, who is about 25 years old, is lithe and limber and seems ideally adapted for caving, limbo dancing or slipping silently through dense forest. After a 30 minute drive the road became impassable and we had a 40 minute hike in hard rain and slick mud up to the cave entrance. William unlocked the iron grate at the cave entrance and told us the remarkable story of happening upon the cave entrance, opening it up and going in the first time. Inside he found innumerable large pots that have been dated to 1000 and 1500 years ago. The cave is relatively easy to explore.
Good flashlights are essential.
Shoes with a firm lug grip are helpful both in reaching the cave and exploring it. The trip of nearly 200 meters into the ground culminates at the Ceremonial Chamber. In the center of the floor of this high-domed chamber there is a single monolith about two feet high surrounded by a circle of rocks the size of oranges. No artifacts, pots, bones or drawings were found in the Ceremonial Chamber. William suggested we pause a moment to acknowledge in silence, the history and the ancient people who used this cave many hundreds of years ago.