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photo 1 : 26 March, Beautiful clouds at Montego Bay |
photo 2 : 26 March, Sunset at Montego Bay (Doctor's Cave Beach) |
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photo 3 : 27 March, Diner at the Last Resort (Windsor) |
photo 4 : 27 March, Preparations for Windsor Great Cave |
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photo 5 : 27 March, Meeting at Windsor Great House |
photo 6 : 27 March, Ready to go into the Windsor Great Cave |
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photo 7 : 27 March, The beautiful canopy around the Windsor entrance |
photo 8 : 27 March, a close look at the roof of Windsor Great Cave |
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photo 9 : 27 March, Delroy on the rope at the first pit in Windsor Great Cave |
photo 10 : 27 March, Ivor ready to go |
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photo 11 : 27 March, and here is Mark |
photo 12 : 27 March, Rona waiting at the top of the pit |
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photo 13 : 27 March, Stefan in the final sump of the lower passage of Windsor Great Cave |
photo 14 : 28 March, Guy looking up something |
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photo 15 : 28 March, relaxing at the last resort |
photo 16 : 28 March, WOEF!! |
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photo 17 : 28 March, a beautiful Heliconia flower |
photo 18 : 28 March, survival on the roads of Jamaica |
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photo 19 : 28 March, going to the entrance of Thatchfield Great Cave |
photo 20 : 28 March, surface above the avens of Thatchfield Great Cave |
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photo 21 : 28 March, who knows what plant this is? |
photo 22 : 28 March, the Lighthole of Thatchfield Great Cave |
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photo 23 : 29 March, looking for the entrance of the Wild Cave |
photo 24 : 29 March, small lake in front of the Wild Cave |
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photo 25 : 29 March, mangrove forest and swamp around the lake not far from the Wild Cave |
photo 26 : 29 March, Adam looking into the Cristal Lake Cave he discovered in 2001. |
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photo 27 : 29 March, where does the name Cristal Lake Cave comes from? |
photo 28 : 29 March, Adam |
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photo 29 : 29 March, cold? |
photo 30 : 29 March, noo!! |
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photo 31 : 29 March, Adam and Dietrich |
photo 32 : 29 March, Dietrich |
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photo 33 : 29 March, after exploring the Cristal Lake Cave. From left to right: Guy, Adam, Dietrich, Melissa |
photo 34 : 29 March, Chez Lilly, the JCO office |
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photo 35 : 29 March, caving makes thirsty |
photo 36 : 30 March, Andrew sleeping in the Runaway Bay Cave |
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photo 37 : 30 March, a bees nest at the Goat Entrance of the Wild Cave |
photo 38 : 30 March, Dietrich exploring the Wild Cave |
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photo 39 : 30 March, OOOH! |
photo 40 : 31 March, artefact in the Wild Cave? |
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photo 41 : 31 March, One of the many entrances of Runaway Bay Cave |
photo 42 : 1 April, one of the new entrances to the Wild Cave |
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photo 43 : 1 April, A beautiful Hibiscus! |
photo 44 : 1 April, nice formations in the Cristal Lake Cave |
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photo 45 : 1 April, Alvin in the Cristal Lake Cave |
photo 46 : 1 April, Dietrich at the entrance of Cristal Lake Cave |
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photo 47 : 2 April, learning to survey at the Last Resort |
photo 48 : 2 April, Delroy measuring the distance |
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photo 49 : 2 April, Dietrich reading the compass closely watched by Stefan |
photo 50 : 2 April, coffee time at the Last Resort |
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photo 51 : 2 April, Hippie standing guard at the rented car |
photo 52 : 2 April, the Martha Brae River |
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photo 53 : 2 April, Lilly's bar |
photo 54 : 2 April, the Roehampton school |
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photo 55 : 2 April, ready to go caving |
photo 56 : 2 April, Stef taking a GPS position at the entrance of the Roehampton School Cave |
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photo 57 : 2 April, a troop of snails |
photo 58 : 2 April, nice formation in the Roehampton School Cave |
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photo 59 : 2 April, typical passage in the Roehampton School Cave |
photo 60 : 2 April, the brown layer is chert |
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photo 61 : 2 April, Stef crawling through one of the passages |
photo 62 : 2 April, Stef at the endpoint of our first day exploration |
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photo 63 : 2 April, back outside again |
photo 64 : 2 April, Lilly's exellent soup! |
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photo 65 : 3 April, Cockpit Country near Windsor |
photo 66 : 3 April, big sink |
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photo 67 : 3 April, can he pass? |
photo 68 : 3 April, Rona exploring the Roehampton School Cave |
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photo 69 : 3 April, Guy |
photo 70 : 4 April, preparations for the Peterkin Cave |
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photo 71 : 4 April, the Peterkin Cave is located in the bamboo bush at the right |
photo 72 : 4 April, Ivor walking to the entrance |
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photo 73 : 4 April, entrance of Peterkin Cave |
photo 74 : 4 April, Stef leading the team |
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photo 75 : 4 April, Neoditomyia farri webs. These creatures are larvea of small flies which make webs beneath overhanging surfaces. They use adhesive fishing lines to trap flying insects. Once a fly is trapped it is hauled up by the larvae and eaten. |
photo 76 : 4 April, Malibu in the river of Peterkin Cave |
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photo 77 : 4 april, exit of Peterkin Cave |
photo 78 : 4 april, exit of Rota Cave |
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photo 79 : 4 april, searching Rota Sink Cave |
photo 80 : 4 april, rapel to Rota Sink Cave |
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photo 81 : 4 april, Rota Sink Cave |
photo 82 : 5 april, the 1810 Phoenix Foundry in Falmouth |
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photo 83 : 5 April, Falmouth |
photo 84 : 5 April, excelent example of Tower Karst |
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photo 85 : 5 April, ready to go caving |
photo 86 : 5 April, going to Rudist Rock Cave |
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photo 87 : 5 april, Dana and Stef at the entrance of Rudist Rock Cave |
photo 88 : 5 april, nice overview of the entrance of Rudist Rock Cave |
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photo 89 : 5 april, Dana |
photo 90 : 5 april, a crab in Rudist Rock Cave |
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photo 91 : 5 april, Rudist fossil in Rudist Rock Cave (diam. 20 cm) |
photo 92 : 5 april, nice fossil sea urchin found in Rudist Rock Cave (height of the cave above sea level: 490 m) |
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photo 93 : 5 april, entrance of Coolgarden One Cave |
photo 94 : 5 april, silted entrance of Coolgarden Two Cave |
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photo 95: 5 april, glade where Coolgarden Three and Four are located |
photo 96 : 5 april, entrance of Coolgarden Four Cave |
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photo 97 : 6 april, training Brian in vertical rope technique |
photo 98 : 6 april, going to an uncharted hole in the region of Windsor |
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photo 99 : 6 april, the hole seems to be a man made well of 21 m deep |
photo 100 : 6 april, Dana going down in her first pit |
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photo 101 : 6 april, Malibu |
photo 102 : 6 april, Brian in the pit |
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photo 103 : 6 april, termites |
photo 104 : 6 april, waiting for Brian |
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photo 105 : 6 april, Malibu in the ropes |
photo 106 : 6 april, typical Cockpit country |
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photo 107 : 6 april, nice flower, I guess it is an ananas |
photo 108 : 6 april, and yes we had a flat tire in the middle of nowhere |
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photo 109 : 6 april, counting the Red Stripes... |
photo 110 : 6 april, Lilly's soup for the hungry |
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photo 111 : 6 april, the tire is fixed at last |
photo 112 : 6 april, ambiance at Lilly's |
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photo 113 : 6 april, a picture of a rudist fossil found in Rudist Rock Cave |
photo 114 : 7 april, the Alps in Cockpit Country |
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photo 115 : 7 april, Malibu, Guy and Stef at the beginning of the Troy Trail to Windsor |
photo 116 : 7 april, a nice Bromelia |
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photo 117 : 7 april, a view over Cockpit Country direction Windsor |
photo 118 : 7 april, into the Cockpits, only good for a poor 100 m/hour when you lose the trail!! |
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photo 119 : 7 april, in the open spaces you get lost, that's for sure |
photo 120 : 7 april, a rather large millipede |
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photo 121 : 7 april, a glimps of the original Troy Trail |
photo 122 : 7 april, after ten hours back at Windsor, Horay!! |