Saturday, April 2nd, 2011

Yesterday, we had arranged a tailor-made tour of an intensive hike that would take us to three waterfall. We were warned that we would get very muddy. Little did we know what we had ´¨asked for¨. We met our guide, Oscar, at the office this morning at 8.00 a.m. with our Nepal hiking boots on and our water ready to climb. We wondered, if perhaps, we had made an error in judgement in taking these boots, but after we had completed the hike, we were very thankful. The hike was grueling. Our guide warned us that after the second waterfall, being higher in elevation, we needed to be more careful of some poisonous plants. This was problematic in that sometimes when we were climbing and slipping because of the muddy conditions and we could not grab certain plants.


waterfall hike


On this hike, we were four of us -- ourselves, our guide, and a worker on the farm, who joined us. The worker was there to watch the private property for the owner. People hiking on this farm had to get permission. The worker carried a machete which he used to clear some of the path and specifically the poisonous plants in our way. We loved our hike -- reminding us of some of the hardwork we did climbing to Base Camp. When we got back to our hostel, I went for a wonderful massage. The massage therapist was very happy to find out that, according to her, we hiked the most beautiful area in Boquete.


waterfall hike, watch what you touch



We had arranged to change our room in our hostel this evening, as we wanted a smaller room. We were very pleased to get a more beautiful room than we already had together with a private balcony next to the river. This room was less expensive (by $5.00) -- what luck.


Boquete anniversary

In the evening, we went out for supper with a couple of other hostel-ers. Later we watched some of the festivities of the 100th Anniversary in the stage set up by the Parkett, i.e., local dancing, comedy skits (we lamented at not knowing more Spanish) etc.