Just before sunset Chin Chin brought us to a bat cave to see the evening entertainment. Every evening millions of bats wake up and leave this cave all at once to go hunting for food. It's an amazing sight to see. The bats stream out of a small hole in the rock and create a long black trail across the sky that undulates about the sky as if it were choreographed. And this goes on for over an hour.... It was quite dark out by this point, so the pictures don't really do it justice. Hopefully, you can still get a good idea of the spectacle:
The bat cave was our last excursion on a wonderful day in Battambang. It was definitely the best day we had in South East Asia! From here we drive overland to Bangkok, Thailand. Leslie, Nick's aunt, takes another jam-packed flight schedule back to the US and we head to Australia for the last stop on our round-the-world trip.
The bat pics are great! But if I were a bat in search of food, I would not fly right behind a million other bats who are also looking for food. I'd peel off up, left or right as soon as I could.
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