First, we have to start with last night’s adventure. One of the workers of the resort came to start a fire in our fireplace. What a disaster! As he lit the fire, we could see some smoke coming into our room I thought well, he will open the flew. He left. Shortly after, our little cabin was filled with smoke. Our eyes were burning, we couldn’t breathe and we felt like we were in the BC wildfires. We re-open the windows and the door to try to let the smoke out. It did not get any better and so off I went, in the dark, to get someone to come and help.
When the man arrived in our cabin, he quickly said “oh! no good!” He proceeded to take a towel and started to fan the room to get the smoke out. Rémi joined in to help as I was outside laughing. All of a sudden he started twirling the towel and saying I’m a fan! At this point we were all laughing hysterically. We got most of the smoke out but we had to sleep with an N95 masks as the smell was just too much to handle.
I forgot ! This man took the burning wood with his bare hands and brought it outside.
We had an OK sort of sleep with waking up quite a few times to go to the bathroom but overall it was an OK night.
We got up at about 8 o’clock in the morning, had breakfast and had our briefing with our guide for the climb. He went day by day, telling us sort of what to expect. It’s less of a mystery now and I think those who were worried are feeling much better.
Rémi and I opted to do a local tour with a guide. We met up at two in the afternoon and off we went. Our guide’s name was Victor and as we cross the gate, a friend of his met up with us and joined for the tour around the village. His name was Noël and he would like to be a guide some day.
We got up at about 8 o’clock in the morning, had breakfast and had our briefing with our guide for the climb. He went day by day, telling us sort of what to expect. It’s less of a mystery now and I think those who were worried are feeling much better.
Rémi and I opted to do a local tour with a guide. We met up at two in the afternoon and off we went. Our guide’s name was Victor and as we cross the gate, a friend of his met up with us and joined for the tour around the village. His name was Noël and he would like to be a guide some day.
On our tour, we saw a banana plantation where we learned all about bananas how they grow and learned it takes nine months to grow. We made our way to a sugarcane plantations, followed by a coffee plantation.
I saw a sign for a school and I asked if we could go and visit. Our guide wasn’t sure, but we made our way to the school just to see. It was a bit of a process, but in the end we were able to go in and have a quick visit. We met the headmaster before being introduced to the teacher, who gave us a quick tour of the place. There is about 800 students at this private school. We were shown the new garden project, where the students will take care of chickens, ducks, goats, perhaps a pig among other things. We also had the opportunity to visit one classroom of children who would be in about grade 2 in Canada. As the door opened, they all stood up and greeted us with a good afternoon visitors. The classroom had some paintings on the wall like the alphabet and such and they each had a wooden desk set in rows.
After visiting the school, we made our way back towards our resort. The unofficial guide lives right across the from the plantation. He brought us to his house so we could visit his family. When we arrived, his mother was sitting on the cement slab, filled with beans where she was separating them by colors. There were many children around, his sister and neighbours. They were fascinated by us and kept touching our arms and our skin. They all wanted to try Rémi’s sunglasses and so I took a picture and show them what they look like. They were all very happy and smiling.
After visiting the school, we made our way back towards our resort. The unofficial guide lives right across the from the plantation. He brought us to his house so we could visit his family. When we arrived, his mother was sitting on the cement slab, filled with beans where she was separating them by colors. There were many children around, his sister and neighbours. They were fascinated by us and kept touching our arms and our skin. They all wanted to try Rémi’s sunglasses and so I took a picture and show them what they look like. They were all very happy and smiling.
Noel‘s mom told him to show us the rest of the yard where there was a cow, a goat and some ducks. They offered us dinner, but we kindly refused as we were having dinner with a group. We made our way back to the plantation where we rested for the rest of the day. This was a fabulous day.
Looking forward to leaving for the mountain in the morning! Nighty night!
Weather: around 23° and sunny in the afternoon.
Food: potatoes, rice, pasta, beef, pork, desserts
New Swahili words:
- coffee, Kahawa,
- See you later- kwaheri
- Mambo. How are you
- Popow. Fine
plant: avocado tree
New bird: Ibis, something
New people: Prosper, who works at the hotel Noel, the young man that joined us for our tour some thing that made me laugh: at the reception. I heard the sound of a bird I asked what is that? She said we call it a bird, new animal for today a horned chameleon
New bird: Ibis, something
New people: Prosper, who works at the hotel Noel, the young man that joined us for our tour some thing that made me laugh: at the reception. I heard the sound of a bird I asked what is that? She said we call it a bird, new animal for today a horned chameleon
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