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Note to family:
Hi guys -
I made it to the island yesterday and took my hike today. It was very exhausting! My hotel sucks, so Matt and I didn't get a very good night's sleep. Plus we woke up for the hike at 4:30, and got back at around 1:30 - so it was a whole day's worth of exertion early in the morning!
The hike had a vertical elevation change of about 3,000 feet, though after 2,000 feet up I had to sit out and waited for Matt and our guide to return about 2 hours later.
Yesterday, I biked out to a spit of land about a half hour outside of town. The views of the two volcanoes, the mountains, and the lake were really breathtaking. That made up for the fact that the vegetation on today's hike was too lush to really permit any good views.
Tomorrow I'm off to another town on this island. I'll be glad to get out of this crappy hotel, though who knows what awaits me several miles away! After that I'll head back to the mainland and waste a few days before Luke gets here on Sunday.
I'll drop you a line next time I'm at a computer. Off to a hammock to do some reading and napping.
Matt
Hi guys -
I made it to the island yesterday and took my hike today. It was very exhausting! My hotel sucks, so Matt and I didn't get a very good night's sleep. Plus we woke up for the hike at 4:30, and got back at around 1:30 - so it was a whole day's worth of exertion early in the morning!
The hike had a vertical elevation change of about 3,000 feet, though after 2,000 feet up I had to sit out and waited for Matt and our guide to return about 2 hours later.
Yesterday, I biked out to a spit of land about a half hour outside of town. The views of the two volcanoes, the mountains, and the lake were really breathtaking. That made up for the fact that the vegetation on today's hike was too lush to really permit any good views.
Tomorrow I'm off to another town on this island. I'll be glad to get out of this crappy hotel, though who knows what awaits me several miles away! After that I'll head back to the mainland and waste a few days before Luke gets here on Sunday.
I'll drop you a line next time I'm at a computer. Off to a hammock to do some reading and napping.
Matt