{"id":968,"date":"2023-07-17T14:02:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T14:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/?p=968"},"modified":"2023-07-17T14:02:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T14:02:24","slug":"postojna-caves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/07\/17\/postojna-caves\/","title":{"rendered":"Postojna caves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As the forecast was for rain,  I went to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postojnska-jama.eu\/en\/\">Postojna caves<\/a>. This was about an hour away on the bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;d paid for the combined vivarium and caves ticket, as I was curious to see the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Olm\">Olm<\/a>, which is a weird cave dwelling amphibian.  I did manage to spot a couple in their aquarium, but it wasn&#8217;t possible to take a photo of them as it&#8217;s almost totally dark.  Instead, here&#8217;s a model, and a photo of the display of cuddly olms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34078272749644170850919-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"972\" class=\"wp-image-972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34078272749644170850919-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34078272749644170850919-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34078272749644170850919-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34078272749644170850919-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34078272749644170850919.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34157667632825600309051-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"973\" class=\"wp-image-973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34157667632825600309051-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34157667632825600309051-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34157667632825600309051-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34157667632825600309051.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The rest of the vivarium was kind of disappointing &#8211; largely because it turns out most other  cave dwelling creatures are small insects that don&#8217;t move very much.  I&#8217;m not sure whether I wasn&#8217;t looking hard enough, or whether some of the tanks were empty!  Having said that, the explanations of what was (allegedly) in the tanks was well done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The caves themselves were really spectacular.  You go on a narrow gauge train for about 5km to take you to the main show-caves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34163658517806105351012-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"967\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34163658517806105351012-1024x768.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk?p=967\" class=\"wp-image-967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34163658517806105351012-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34163658517806105351012-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34163658517806105351012-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34163658517806105351012-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34163658517806105351012.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_3417229590382272730961-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"965\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_3417229590382272730961-1024x768.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk?p=965\" class=\"wp-image-965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_3417229590382272730961-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_3417229590382272730961-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_3417229590382272730961-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_3417229590382272730961-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_3417229590382272730961.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">The train. It hurtles along at quite a space down the narrow tunnels.  There were lots of warnings about not using selfie sticks (good life advice generally) &#8211; presumably lots of people had hit their phone on the tunnel sides doing so.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The rest of the tour was on foot.  It felt rather rushed, as we were herded round a train-load at a time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34203380300068579816636-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"978\" class=\"wp-image-978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34203380300068579816636-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34203380300068579816636-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34203380300068579816636-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34203380300068579816636-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, 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alt=\"\" data-id=\"980\" class=\"wp-image-980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34478032120345056668774-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34478032120345056668774-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34478032120345056668774-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34478032120345056668774-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34478032120345056668774.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34584423328244286728784-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"979\" class=\"wp-image-979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34584423328244286728784-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34584423328244286728784-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34584423328244286728784-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34584423328244286728784-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34584423328244286728784.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item wp-element-caption\">The great hall, which is sometimes used for concerts<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a tank of Olms on the tour, so I needn&#8217;t have bothered with the vivarium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the tour it was a case of exit through the subterranean gift shop:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34665914311704160423555-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34665914311704160423555-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34665914311704160423555-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34665914311704160423555-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34665914311704160423555-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/dsc_34665914311704160423555.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This made the being rushed round particularly galling, as they&#8217;d left plenty of time to look at the shop before the train came to take us back to the 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vivarium).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I left the caves it&#8217;d been raining quite heavily.  On the way back to Ljubljana the heavens opened.  Fortunately we got stuck in traffic and by the time we arrived it&#8217;d stopped raining.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That evening there was a huge thunderstorm, which I think I mentioned on the Ljubljana post.  Lots of hail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the forecast was for rain, I went to Postojna caves. This was about an hour away on the bus. I&#8217;d paid for the combined vivarium and caves ticket, as I was curious to see the Olm, which is a weird cave dwelling amphibian. I did manage to spot a couple in their aquarium, but <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/07\/17\/postojna-caves\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe2023"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=968"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":984,"href":"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968\/revisions\/984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travel.mawds.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}