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Post by Helena Veselova.

In order to relax, do not have to wander ... Right next door, in the. 70 km. Arzamas from the famous. Ichalkovsky forest with karst caves. Dozens of times performing regional studies and reviews of games,. I told readers about the protected areas of Nizhny Novgorod region, drawing the attention of the books. But as they say, seven times more to see than a thousand words. persuaded her husband to. and taking the child in a hot weekend. We went to look at the famous Forest.

The street was close to 40 º. In a car without air-conditioning and even more. But it got....

First impression - these huge trees are no. Beside them feel small and weak. It seems that the height of some pine trees reaching. 100 meters. Immediately feel a little relief in the shade. slightly cooler. When you enter the forest, I was struck by a huge anthill, a. 1.5 meters. in height.

We went without the equipment, and therefore in the deepest caves did not go down. But where they climbed, very much. The first step down the ... In this cave. cold (about. 0 °) - at the bottom of the ice and frost on the arches. After a furious heat - Grace. I can not believe that the cost to make 30 steps. and will again. as ...

And here we, so to speak,. ... Met a group of experienced travelers with an experienced guide. That would give this guide for an hour of air time. In the next. the whole weekend to Nizhny Novgorod region wandered through the caves.

From him we learned that. the walls of the pit, there are three Startseva dim grotto, in. one of whom lived in the desert, hermits, hiding from the people. The rope trusted person take his hermit food and water. The biggest failure of Kuleva pit has a length of. 200 m. and depth. 25 m. According to legend, her body dumped in kulyah those who are not buried in cemeteries - Suicide. and criminals.

In my opinion, the most elegant and beautiful - Nameless Cave. In some way it resembles an abandoned old castle. To get to its mysterious halls, you must first pass through a narrow, dilapidated bridges, the locals nicknamed ...

Students in a cave on a small square stone, we, like many other tourists have left a note with the wishes of.

we. wandering. the beautiful and semi-natural forest, climbing. the steep walls of the failed wells penetrated into the underground caves and caverns, and for a while just to believe that. are. not in the center of Nizhny Novgorod region, and. in the Carpathian Mountains and the Caucasus.

Only after returning to the car, it became clear that we were so passionate about the caves and adventures that. forgot about the pictures. Our poor digicam. all this time just lay in my pocket. In memory of karst caves, there is just one shot on the phone, made at the beginning. Thank you dear Internet for the photos.

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