The camera is no good at perceiving depth, but these dirt tracks were very steep, very slippy and very close to a very big drop! Another woman that I met recently did the same trek this week and sadly on the third day one of the horses that was carrying the bags slipped on one of these tracks and fell to the river below and died. I can really see how that can happen, we were slipping all over the place and we were scared we'd go over the edge because it was hard to stop yourself once you started slipping.
This photo doesn't really show how beautiful it was there, but it was really idyllic.
This was the scene of our second camp site and a welcome change to the night before, sun-drenched grassy planes framed by mountains with the sound of the river running nearby. Perfect! And to top it off the amazing staff that did everything but wipe our bums for us, had already prepared a vat of peach juice for when we arrived!
We shared our second campsite with a variety of animals, but the chicks and the pigs were my favourites.
They're spooning! Aaaaw!
This is a shot of the hot pools that we visited in the afternoon after we arrived at camp on the 2nd day. Two natural hot-springs that offer the most unexpected pleasure, that in the middle of nowhere (there were no roads till the 4th day of the trek) you might have what feels like a hot bath....heaven. This is the view of the hot springs from the hillside opposite as we left on day three.
The camera is no good at perceiving depth, but these dirt tracks were very steep, very slippy and very close to a very big drop! Another woman that I met recently did the same trek this week and sadly on the third day one of the horses that was carrying the bags slipped on one of these tracks and fell to the river below and died. I can really see how that can happen, we were slipping all over the place and we were scared we'd go over the edge because it was hard to stop yourself once you started slipping.
This photo doesn't really show how beautiful it was there, but it was really idyllic.
This was the scene of our second camp site and a welcome change to the night before, sun-drenched grassy planes framed by mountains with the sound of the river running nearby. Perfect! And to top it off the amazing staff that did everything but wipe our bums for us, had already prepared a vat of peach juice for when we arrived!
We shared our second campsite with a variety of animals, but the chicks and the pigs were my favourites.
They're spooning! Aaaaw!
This is a shot of the hot pools that we visited in the afternoon after we arrived at camp on the 2nd day. Two natural hot-springs that offer the most unexpected pleasure, that in the middle of nowhere (there were no roads till the 4th day of the trek) you might have what feels like a hot bath....heaven. This is the view of the hot springs from the hillside opposite as we left on day three.
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the skyscapes alone are wonderful. don't ever worry you're not capturing it well!
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