Originally Posted by thommy

such caves do not only go down stubbornly. there are a lot of passages and chimneys leading upwards. when the water comes and the entrance lies below you cannot get out any more.

in the first days they tried to get down through the vents but it was probably the wrong ones.

that the boys where they are now still have survived is thanks to several hundred farmers who were willing to flood their fields to keep the water level low. 1.5 million litres per hour have been pumped onto the fields for 9 days and no harvest can be expected. but the thais have this culture and are a big family in fate.