Stalactites, stalagmites and an underground river
Rivière Soutéraine de Labouiche的点评
点评:Navigating an underground river is a thrilling experience anyway, but the satisfaction is double when you want to hide from the extreme heat. Visited the place in August, when the South of France was cooking hot under the famous heat wave. The time spent in a temperature below 15°C, while the outside temperature was around 40°C, made our day better. The guide was very entertaining - a tiny girl talking non-stop while maneuvering a boat full of twelve adults.
Unfortunately, the tourist exploitation of the cave is not very sustainable, due to the constant light and noise produced by tourists and boats hitting the formations. I understood that the cave was once home to bats and tritons that lived in the subterranean river. I wouldn't like to be a newt or a bat, living in this cave in these conditions.
翻译:无论如何,在地下河中航行都是一次刺激的体验;而当你想要躲避酷热天气时,这种体验带来的满足感更是倍增。我是在八月份去的那里,当时法国南部正遭受着著名的热浪侵袭,酷热难耐。当时室内的温度不到15摄氏度,而室外温度则高达40摄氏度左右,这样的环境让我们的心情大好。导游也极为风趣——一个娇小的女孩一边不停地说话,一边熟练地操控着载有12名成年人的船只。
可惜的是……由于游客以及船只的不断活动产生了大量光线与噪音,对该洞穴的旅游开发其实并不可持续。据我所知,这里曾经是蝙蝠和生活在地下河中的蝾螈的栖息地。在这样的环境下,我可不想成为一只蝾螈或蝙蝠啊。