Walking In The Clouds

8:00!! Wake Up!! Time for a hike!!

All of the veggies and fruits here are really fresh and delicious. We bought pineapple from a vendor on the street.

After a while of driving into the countryside we took a wrong turn and had to go back. 

The roads are pretty narrow! But we did it!

Here are these fruit trees where all the fruits have been wrapped in little bags. It protects them from bugs!

The further we drove up the more misty it became.

It's really beautiful here.

Here is a map of our path up the mountain.

There are so many beautiful pictures that I want to post, but I tried to choose the best ones to share.

Here is the beginning of the path. It started off relatively steep, with many roots underfoot.

The trees were so old and beautiful.

The path started to get steeper and steeper. 

Ropes appeared and we had to use them to pull ourselves along in some places.

After about an hour, I was panting, and sweating, and finally we got to this nice soft patch of flat-ish ground. "I'm so happy! So flat and nice" I say in my out-of-breath voice, "That would be CRAZY if suddenly there was this sheer vertical cliff in front of me! That would be so hilarious". 

5 minutes later, Andy, meet sheer vertical cliff.

Up and up and up we go!!

The top!!! HURRAY!!

Now to go back down!! The sun started to come out and we got some great views!

The hike lasted 4 or 5 hours in total. By the end of it my legs were shaking!

I'm definitely going to be doing this hike many times and hopefully I'll be able to cut down the time.

What an amazing day!

Sending you all hugs from across the ocean, Andy