Postojnska Jama

This weekend some new friends of ours who are working for PurePlay,

Igor and his wife Blanca, took us to the world famous Postojnska Jama.

It is a few kilometers west of Ljubljana in Slovenia.

It was raining all day so a cave trip seemed the perfect choice.

It is one of the largest network of caves in the world with approximately

14 miles of underground passageways. A train takes you about 4 1/2 miles inside the cave , where we walked for another mile or so. The train then takes you back out. There were a few times on the train, which was going pretty fast, that Bryan had to duck his head because the tunnels were so low. The tour was well done and the 1 kilometer walk in and around the stalagmites and stalactites was really amazing.

It was breathtaking!

Pictures just can't do it justice.

Speaking of pictures, you were not allowed to take any in the cave.

The guide said it was because the flash causes algae to grow.

(so I took a couple without flash)

There were a number of rooms but one was quite interesting. It was called the spaghetti bowl.

Thin, white stalactites were hanging from the ceiling making it look like noodles were falling down into the room. There is a fish specie that is only found in that cave called the human fish.

Nowhere else in the world will you find this fish. There is no pigment in its skin so it is white. It looks like a small lizard having 4 short legs and ears. There was an aquarium along the path that had a few on display. It can't stand any light and prefers to live in the water.

Outside one of the entrances waiting for the next train into the cave.

These two, above and below, I took off of a website.

I have always imagined that I would have a hard time in caves. Wondering "how many tons of rock could fall on me!" and with the "there is NO air in here!" syndrome. A few times I thought I was going to throw up or have a major panic attack, especially when they turned out the lights without any warning. But I made it through the hour and a half tour without

any embarrassing incidents.

The day was followed by a nice dinner and some homemade strudel.

It was so worth it!