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| The waterfall |
Most of us tossed and turned all night trying to get comfortable. The rooster got carried away at a very early hour too, so by 6.30 we were all up. Unfortunately we didn't start the track until 9.30, which was a bit of a shame as it got quite warm again by then.
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| On the track |
The first hill was straight up, the paths are pretty non existent and at such an angle you're virtually crawling up the mountain. It levelled out quite quickly though after that it was a steady climb up, and up and up. We must have climbed for a steady couple of hours before a slow descent and some flatter parts. It was good going today, I was used to my pack and although hot and sweaty it wasn't too uncomfortable. We stopped for lunch, fried rice in banana leaves followed by Oreo biscuits, yum! Then the hard stuff started really; first a hard decline on concrete road in full sunlight (hot!!) and then the mummy hill that Sar told us about yesterday; 35 minutes straight up on the concrete road, trick that was hard work. Peter, the Australian guy has a bung knee, he's done so well doing the track mm but the going downhill was just doing him in, so we managed to flag down a ute that was going our direction and Peter hitched a ride with him. Unfortunately he didn't go all the way up and Pete had to struggle to the top. Finally finally....we got to our homestay up on the hill, after 6 hours. A lovely view from up the top.
Once cooled down some of us went to the waterfall, a 15 minute walk and we were rewarded with both a huge and beautiful waterfall as well as a refreshing dip in the water.
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| Amy & Lauren on the track |
Shower was a cold one again, sleeping arrangement same as last night, but everyone is in much better spirits, probably because we have the hardest part out of the way. A beer by the campfire and dinner afterwards, another early night I would think.
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