Remember the description of our harrowing journey up and down from Wli Falls? That four hour long hike that included slips, falls, scrapes, bruises, blood, sweat, and tears? Well, we did it again! And not only did we do it again, we made that crazy experience from last month pale in comparison to our most recent one. This time, our guide, Sebastian, suggested an alternative route back down from the upper falls. He said it would "take us through the mountains", and he sure wasn't kidding. After a similar hike up to the falls as last time, we started our journey back, and soon came to the point that we veered off of the original path. The original path, as I described last time, is treacherous, slippery, steep, and arguably completely unsafe to be hiking on without considerable hiking experience and/or medical emergency services nearby. Well, that path looked positively pristine in comparison to our new "path". The new one wasn't a path. It was a vertical climb. The kind that you would do with harnesses and ropes and real mountain climbing equipment. Ever game for a new adventure, especially since this was our second time at Wli (we came back because Hannah's mother is visiting for the week), we followed Sebastian up and up and up, and soon emerged into tall grasses at the top. We were standing at the top of the mountain, looking DOWN on the falls. We could see clear over the top of them into Togo, while last time we had strained our necks looking up to the top of the falls saying that Togo was on the other side. Talk about a whole new perspective! The picture below gives a great reference as to where we were last time (circled on the left) and where we were this time (circled on the right)
Here's our view from the top:
As usual, we returned from the hike looking pretty beat-up, but it was an amazing experience! More pictures to come, including those of us riding on the back of "motos" to the monkey sanctuary on Saturday. There's always a new adventure waiting to happen here!
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