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Why you should visit Guizhou, China’s new adventure hub
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The writer paddleboarding in Shilong Cave, a highlight of Guizhou’s emerging cave tourism trend.
PHOTO: TOH EE MING
Toh Ee Ming
GUIZHOU – After a short, bumpy stretch of winding village roads, we arrive at Shilong Cave in Maige township, around an hour’s drive from Guiyang city. Clad in life jackets, helmets and thick wetsuits, I join around 20 young Chinese adventurers – mostly women – ready to plunge underground.
It is my first time caving, and I am slightly daunted. We enter the darkness on stand-up paddleboards, guided through still, astonishingly clear pools.
