So, today I joined in on the fun with the adults and went on the best excusion I’ve been on yet out here at the farm. I’m so glad I got to go! All 9 of us piled into the Land Rover and set off driving for as far as we could. About a half hour into the drive, we set out on foot. Our destination was water (as usual) and we were going to descend down into the valley and then through the river for a while. Let me explain a little. There is no path. Only a general direction in which we were heading. Ok, now the grass is about 3 feet tall and sometimes it likes to grab onto you and your clothes.
On the way down, we crossed this river that we had to descend down into through holding onto these baby bamboo trees (of which are home to these tinie tiny ticks which we were hoping not to become victim to). It was so steep, I felt like I was glisading down a 14ner, just on dirt instead. : ) The river that we ended up at had little pools of water and tons of vegetation all around us. There were these branches that looked like Tarzan swings hanging from everywhere . It is so hot out here in the sun...and in long sleeves and pants too (protection from the sun). The water was awesome and I think that although I jumped in fully clothed, hat and all, I was dry within ten minutes. My shoes, however, stayed wet all day and started out that way because I was the lucky one to fall in the water hole first thing. They started keeping count of how many I ended up falling into and how many I made it through safely. Haha.
We climbed out of there and made our way up and down a few more steeps. The waterfall that we came across was like a big kids playground...that we had all to ourselves. The rocks had great holds to climb around in and there were ‘seat’s inside the falls that were like massage chairs. You had to push against the rocks pretty hard not to be swept down to the next one, but nonetheless it was relaxing. : )
It’s crazy that there really was absolutely no chance of anyone coming to disturb us there. Granted that also meant we were a good 2 hour hike and an hour drive back to the farm, and another couple hours away from the nearest hospital....but hey. ; ) The treck back was directed, thankfully, by one of the uncles who knows this place like the back of his hand. He has the most incredible sense of his surroundings and direction, and yet I was still surprised that we made it back to the jeep! We went a different way of course but was just as fun. I think my favorite part was the brief break we took ‘na sombra’ (in the shade). I was laying in three feet of grass that was probably home to many snakes, but was soo comfortable...and we had an awesome view. All in all it was a 5-6 hour passeo and I’m super glad I had the chance to do all that.
My shower later today informed me that the grass is very sharp and that I had a ton of scrapes on my hands from holding on so much. : ) But, whats a trip to the farm without a few scratches and bruises?
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