This last weekend I got to do a lot of hiking in the Tallish Mountains outside of Lerik, which was absolutely beautiful. Spring has defiantly arrived in the mountains, everything is turning green and the flowers are beginning to bloom.
Now there are no "trails" in these mountains at least not that we could find, so we followed animal trails, Sheppard trails, dirt roads, and the tried and true method of, "let's go that way." Luckily there are many little villages scattered throughout these mountains in which we could ask people which way we should go, however this did not always turn out the way we wanted.
For example there was one man we met who invited us for cay (which we assumed was tea, not river, the word means both). After a quick deliberation with our group we decided to join him. Our first clue that he was leading us astray was when he stopped at a market and picked up a six pack of beer. He then led us up a
mountain in the opposite direction we wanted to go. At first we didn't complain or protest because we did not want to be rude, but when we reached the top of the mountain and there was no house to be seen we put our foot down. We decided to sit on the top of the mountains for a bit and get some refreshments. We finally broke free of this man and headed back down the mountain and in the direction we had intended to go along, two hours later.
Outside of that one little hiccup it was a great adventure, two days of playing in waterfalls, sitting in grass, stumbling through deadly vines and getting sun burnt. I cannot wait until next month when it is suppose to be even more beautiful.
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