Thursday, 12 March 2015

Waterfall Trek






After reading more about the hike we were to undertake in the mountains we were not sure it was a great idea, however 9.00 o'clock found us on a Russian truck heading into the mountains, stopping at a coffee shop to discover more about coffee production, and walking over a trail learning about plants, the national tree which is the Royal Palm and all it is used for and seeing several tomorrow birds. It was only a 1500 metres hike each way but the last bit to the waterfall was sharply downhill for 500 metres. After viewing the beautiful and spectacular scenery some folk opted for a swim but we oldies thought it would be better not to hold everyone up and set off before them for the steep climb back up the path. It enabled us to have more rests and sit at the top to recover. A lunch followed in an open air restaurant. The run back to Trinidad was bone crunching!

A pleasant late afternoon reading in the sun followed and we ate out and listened to a band, in fact several bands.

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