Going deep in Vietnam
The Hang En cave is one of a few spectacular cave systems in Vietnam big enough to accommodate a Boeing 747.
WAIST-DEEP in cool river water on a sweltering June afternoon, we waded towards the entrance of the immense Hang En cave in the Quang Binh province of central Vietnam. There, we donned our hard hats and headlamps and silently entered single file, darkness enveloping us, just the light of our flashlights illuminating our path. A few hundred feet in, we reached a mountain of boulders. As we scrambled up, the light became more intense as we gained height. On reaching the summit we were stopped dead in our tracks by the view before us - the cave's gigantic main cavern.
At 300 feet in height and 600 feet across, the cavern is big enough to fit a Boeing 747 with room to spare. The space was flooded with rays of natural light coming in from an …
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