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25/07/2011 Ryuga cave is  a an old cave where first human beings have said to have lived. This cave is nearly 4 kilometers long and the normal course is just one hour course which runs only one kilo meter. The cave interior is very cool nearly 16 degrees in opposite to the scorching sun of 30 degrees outside.    The entrance the cave You come across three main waterfalls along the normal course. All have very very cold water and very pure. This water  is running through the faults in the rocky cave and is rich of minerals. Below is one of those waterfalls. Thousands of thousands years have passed by after the caves were formed and they are still formed. Droolin water and wind has created beautiful patterns and statue like stalactites. There were stalactites looking like  Sain Mary- the mother of Jesus, famous Sakamoto Ryuma of Japan, fish , jelly fish etc. Rocky Stage Curtains    Frill like thin rock ...

31/07/2010 This trip was so sudden. Friends called me out to join  with them to  go to Ishikawa. I had already been to Kanazawa  but my love for traveling won. By 8.40 in the morning, I was waiting for my friends at the Toyama station. These two bridges connect the Noto isalnd with Honshu, the main island of Japan.Leaving the second bridge brings you to Noto of Ishikawa prefecture. It is a place where no trains run, only buses. I always wanted to visit here but the transportation was  a problem. Well, after all it was  a dream coming true. We headed to "gan mon" of Ishikawa. A boat ride around the place shows you , the different natural patterns and designs on the rocks in the beach. Being different from the sea we saw at the other side of the Noto Island the Sea near ganmon is really windy and rough. Well, it resembles the beaches of Sri Lanka. The cave in the rocky wall at the dock GanMon Cave where people...