Bat Cave Trek

I asked at the tourist office if they had any other treks where I could camp. I have been carrying my tent this whole time and haven't used it yet. They told me there was a new trek. They just started offering it from November last year. They've only had 4 groups do it so far. The trek involved a lot of walking to a remote bat cave where it was possible to camp. This sounded exactly like what I was looking for. I couldn't convince Rohan or Mike to join me, so I went solo. It was a bit more expensive but I didn't care. I really wanted to use my tent and have been living most days under budget.
I went to the tourist office at 8am and met my guide, Lucky. We drove on his motorbike to the market and bought most of the food we would be eating in the next 3 days. There were no villages where we were going. Then we drove with all our food and gear on his motorbike to the village near the blue lagoon, where we finished our last trek. Lucky is a skilled motorbike driver and negotiated the steep and rocky parts with me on the back. I was a little scared at some times but he kept it together.
We reached the village near the blue lagoon and picked up our 2 local guides. From there we walked to the blue lagoon to have lunch. After that we had a 15km trek to the camp. The only way in and out. The trail started off level but then climbed steeply and then descended a huge hill just a steep and very rocky. This could not be done on a motorbike, maybe a professional dirtbiker could conquer it. After the huge hill though, the trail levelled out and stayed flat until we reached camp 3 hours later. The trail was through very dry forest.
The camp consisted of an open air one room bungalow on stilts and a outhouse. I set up my tent beside the hut. The camp was at the end of a flat and narrow penisula shaped piece of land surround on 3 sides by karst mountains. It was a great location. I wanted to clean myself up after the long and sweaty hike but was a little disappointed at the 'stream'. It was more like a pond than a stream. The water had dried up downstream and the river was no longer flowing. It was shallow and there were plants growing all in it. I managed to get a bucket and get though.

I was hoping to see the bats come out of the cave at dusk but they never did. After it got dark I could hear them but not see them. This was a little disappointing. The stars were amazing though and I saw a spectacular shooting star before I went to bed.