Day in the Mountains

On Saturday, Brock, Hilary and I went along with some of the teachers from our school for a day in the mountains. Told to meet at 7am in the City Centre, we stopped at McDonalds first for a breakfast and a coffee. One of six busses, we set off for what was supposed to be a 2 1/2hr journey, but actually ended up being closer to 4 1/2hr due to traffic jams and town markets being held along the way. Although not exactly picturesque, the scenery outside our City is nevertheless better than what we find inside the City itself and with the sun shining, it was quite a nice journey.

When we arrived, I quickly jumped into my shorts, any excuse to get my milky white legs out. We started off in some small village at the base of the mountains. It was a perfectly clear day, with a little bit of a breeze to keep the heat off. We had to walk for about 30minutes, to a spot were we could stop for lunch. Lunch was fairly decent, but we realised that there was nowhere that sold water or drinks. Expecting drink vendors to be everywhere, we had only brought two little bottles between the three of us (yes, I brought none), of which we had drank half of and had to last the rest of the day with.

Next, the tour operator had organised a kind of treasure hunt. Part of the valley was cornered off with red flags, quite a large area and we had to hunt around for little red envelopes containing prizes. I obviously found none. But Brock quickly found one with second prize inside, and he now has an electric top plate cooker sat nicely next to the mocrowave in his kitchen (should come in handy for the culinary delights he often knocks up - Instant Soup).

The last few hours of the day were spent walking just past half way up the mountain, which, fuelled only by a few drops of water was a difficult task. It was great to actually breathe some fresh air for a change and get out of the City. The bus finally dropped us off at around 7pm, enough time for us to get showered, changed, and off out for the Saturday night quiz. I was that hungry, I can honestly say that I must have set a new record for time taken to eat a large pizza and cobb salad. All in all a good day was had.