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The One Thing I See A Lot of People Getting Wrong
Is there another way?
I almost didn’t hear what he said as I entered the oldest cave in the world.
“You can take a photo if you want.” He repeated.
“Oh, we didn’t bring our phones. We just want to enjoy the experience.” I replied without looking. I heard my girlfriend mumble something similar a few feet away. We were both so lost in the beauty of this ancient chamber that we couldn’t look away.
He smiled.
“You’re the only people who have ever said that to me. I’ve been doing this job every day for the last five years. This is new. This is exciting.”
The next five hours were epic. We were in the oldest cave in the world, ducking and diving through tiny cracks and crevices on our way to a “crystal chamber” — an ancient pocket underground that has been turning rocks and water into beautiful crystals for millions of years.
Unbeknownst to us, our guide had picked up a crystal inside the chamber and gave it to us as a gift on the way out. My girlfriend and I were torn as we never take anything away from natural spaces, as that’s where they belong. But this was different.
“Because you don’t have any photos, you can take a bit of the cave home with you.” He said, beaming from…
