Woke up this morning feeling a little bit weary but not too bad considering, but I was starving. Catherine and I went for breakfast at 8am and Stuart stayed in bed because something he ate last night did not agree with him.

Toast and banana for breakfast which is is a good start to the day. Catherine and I headed off for a wander back up towards the mountain to see if we could get close to the waterfall that we could see on the map but unfortunately the map is not to scale and so we didn’t quite reach it, however we did find a path the followed and crossed the road that leads to the cable car we used yesterday.

After a few short climbs the legs began to protest a little and it was quite clear that we would not be doing to much hill climbing today. We came across a sign saying “Hot Springs” and so we followed this moss covered, lichen covered stone trail which followed the course of the river through tall trees peppered with bamboo. It was really good to walk along here just the two of us chatting and listening to the birds and the occasional bus fleeing up the road above.

There were many small birds but so difficult to follow as the nervously flitted from branch to branch or from tree to tree. If we had more time I’m sure we could have followed this path for many hours but our bodies were not up for the challenge. On the way back to town we went back and had some lunch and bought supplies for tomorrow and then it was back to the hotel for coffee and chocolate.