Leslie, the TEFL volunteer from Rubik, came for a visit on Monday the 5th. We decided to go for a hike that day. We were going to hike up to the antennae at the top of the mountain facing the city of Fushe-Arrez. People had told that it was only an hour to hour and half hike. It was definitely a longer hike than that. We left at 11am, which was our first problem. It was getting to be the hottest part of the day. Then I didn’t bring enough water with me (not knowing that 1 ½ hours was going to change into 3-5 hours). Our last problem was that the trail ended about 10 minutes into the hike and we had to bushwhack our way to the top.
It was no easy going. The path was pretty steep and most of it was covered in a loose covering of rocks. This created a slippery surface. No one got hurt, but it made it slow going, and just postponed when I would get to eat lunch (as we were waiting to eat until we reached the top of the mountain). When we finally reached the top, it was beautiful and we had a great birds-eye view of Fushe-Arrez. We went down a different way and after about 20 minutes, we hitched a ride with trucker heading towards the copper factory. When we reached town we were exhausted. Kumar made dinner for us that night and we had a delicious curry chicken. It was a great end to a very tiring day!
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