Describe The Grottoes

The Grottoes

Near Cuetzalan and my uncle’s ranch, there are some cave entrances or grottoes. I used to be afraid of them, but now I know what is found in there and that there’s nothing evil. It’s very safe if you go in with grownups and with the necessary equipment.
Sometimes I ask my uncle to take us to one of the grottoes and he immediately takes the ropes and lamps needed to visit one of them. I think that his favorite is one which entrance is really big and that in nahua is called Cohuatichan which means place or home of snakes.
To get there we have to walk a lot through paths filled with thick vegetation, streams and the sound of colorful birds. My uncle always tells us that we should be careful not to trip because the soil is sometimes very humid and slippery. We have to grab from small trunks and other plants to keep balance, but we have to be careful not to touch any bad woman ivies.
We have to go by some paddocks and we usually see the cows in their eternal chewing, and if we are lucky we can sometimes see a hungry vixen.

We walked a while along its bank and soon we saw a big wall that framed the entrance of the cave. As a matter of fact, this monumental cave entrance can be seen from some places of the road that goes from Cuetzalan to the ranch. It has always caught my attention because it is a huge gap with stone walls covered with hanging plants. I like to watch the great entrance when I get closer. There are some branches coming out of the walls which have different shades of gray. My uncle has told us that this phenomenon is due to moisture and the land that accumulates