The Spelunkers are here!

What you see is a slice of the rocky mountain on which I live. What you don't see here are the caves that are under that mountain.

Speleology is the scientific study of caves. We have a team of Spelunkers camping on our station, exploring and mapping our caves. In my thirty years of living here I have explored the caves only twice. Both times I was in the caves for several hours. There are stalactites and stalagmites. There are places where you can walk and other places where you have to crawl. Lots of exercise!

By the way, these scientists are here through a grant from the National Geographic!
Check out this link:
www.blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/gabon-caves/team.html

Find out more about Gabon here:
www.africas-eden.com/index_home.html

JULY 4th BBQ

Yesterday was JULY 4th. We had a BBQ followed by a DVD. There were 16 of us present, 8 of whom were visitors from the States and UK. There was lots of food and we had a good time together. Doctors were not called down to the hospital for an emergency so it was a nice Independence Day celebration. No fireworks though.