At 7.30am I was picked up from the hostel in an suv, and once all 5 of us on the tour had been picked up we headed to the gorges.
Most of the walking paths were closed due to the weather and high probability of land slips, but the scenery was breath taking, and there was a lot of history about the bridges and locations throughout the area.
There were a lot of tunnels, indicating quite how steep and inaccessible the place normally was.
We decided to try and get to the hot springs, but the guide decided that discretion was the better part of valour, and while going under an overhang with water running off it, announced that it wasn't safe enough to go down. In all likelihood we were not going to get buried in a landslide, but since the risk was there we agreed and headed back to the SUV.
We made it to the main tourist attraction of a big temple, with a bell that could be rung at the top of a stupa, and also enjoyed lunch at a restaurant, where most of the staff seemed to be still enjoying the drinking culture from the day before, where the whole park had been closed so tey had nothing else to do except party!
Our next stop was the Eternal Spring, which was a quaint shrine/temple with a waterfall running through it.
We went on a short trek through the gorge after this, getting to a spot with good views of the paths and roads, before the path became unwalkable and we had to head back.
After we had been to the park, we headed up the coast to a good view point of the cliffs, and then headed back to the main town.
At the hostel, I headed to the pub with Jordan and a local, where we got to enjoy some live music. The entry fee was just "Buy a minimum of this much alcohol", so we did that, and then headed back to the hostel.