Gomantong Caves We were picked up by our guide Armran and endured a very bumpy ride to the Gomantong caves. These caves are famous for the swiftlet nests that are collected to make Birds Nest Soup. Crazy guys climb flimsy ladders suspended from the ceiling to harvest the birds nests, which are made from the swift's saliva, then even crazier Chinese soup lovers pay thousands of ringgit per kilo to make the delicacy. We feel sorry for the homeless birds! For those of you who watched the Planet Earth series, you may recognise the caves from a very squirmy episode. As we approached the entrance to the Black Cave, the acrid stench of guano filled our nostrils. We teetered around a boardwalk, suspended above a mountain of bird and bat poo, that was teeming with huge
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