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Hmm, must have had my mind on some of those cavernous beer halls in Munich.

Yes, the Carlsbad caverns. Lights out would be very creepy as underground caverns are somewhat anechoic.

The guides turned the lights out in a cave I went in down in Venezuela to show us what pitch black really is. Kinda creepy esp with the bats, birds(Guacharo birds that use echo location), muddy floor littered with dead animal carcasses, centipedes, rats, dank smell ect. We were about a mile into the cave when they turned the lights off.

I remember going to Carlsbad Caverns when I was a kid. Two things I remember vividly about it. One, the incredibly oppressive smell of bat shit. Yeah, you think you'll eventually get used to it? No. Breathing through your mouth just makes you taste it. And, two, my whopping disillusionment as we spent the entire tour being careful not to disturb and touch any of the rock formations, as the oils from one's hands discolor everything, in an effort to preserve this wonderfully natural wonder of the earth. . .and what did we find at the end of the tour? A bleeping cafeteria in the basement. WTF?

Watched the World's Biggest Cave on NG HD over the weekend.

Not the most exciting program, but fascinating nonetheless. That last wall is huge. And it was very interesting to learn how the cave was likely formed.

Beautiful! I'd love to visit Vietnam some day.