As we continued our trip around Samal Island, I was eager to visit the bat caves on the northern part of the island. I read an article about the lady who is taking care of and protecting these animals and it seemed an interesting place for me to visit. The bat caves are north of the ferry terminal. After we got some lunch in Babak, we headed north for the caves. I was riding on the back of my Honda motor with by brother-in-law Alray. It took about a half hour to get there.
I’m still learning how to use iMovie but I think I’ve got the basics down. I also now have all the video on my mini DV cam on an external hard drive. This is a bid advantage because I can scan quickly for the parts of the video I’m interested in. Many parts of the video I am talking to my wife so she can see what it looks like. She was not too keen on riding on the motor and decided to stay home and watch our daughter.
The Bat Cave Samal from Kevin Smith on Vimeo.
Hi Kevin – I only counted 1.78 million bats in your video, you sure there were 1.8 that day
Nice job, keep em coming!
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Randy, thanks – and when you get close to all those bats, the smell is out of this world.
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Hi Kevin – You said something very important in this article, but failed to really point out what a great tip it was!
You said that “after getting lunch” you went to the bat caves. Getting lunch BEFORE visiting the bat caves is something that is very important! I find that I can’t eat for a few hours after visiting the bat caves, because my hands smell like bat guano, no matter how many times I wash them! And, that is without touching anything, just from the air around there!
The bat caves are a great place to visit, though… just eat before going!
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Bob,
How true. The video doesn’t give it justice, but the smell was really bad.
I was also sad to learn that the bat population was going down for various reasons.
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