Big Pile of Stones
So in Kisoro, the mtn we decided to go up is called Big Pile of Stones because in this volcanic area if you want to cultivate your land you have to dig out all these volcanic rocks and so there’s all these little piles of stones all over the place – and so that’s how Mt Gahinga got it’s name! Kind of cool.
Anyway, we got up at 5:00 am to filter water/had breakfast of toast and got picked up by our Special Hire taxi at 6:00 am to be at the start of the trek at 7:00 am. Apparently we got lucky because Peter and Sandra, the 2 Germans, signed up to do the same trek as us and were told to be at the gate at 6:00 am by the same guy that told us 7:00 am. Luckily they were staying right outside the gate so they just went and had some tea and hung out for a while.
It was really a nice trek although our guide must have stopped at every single plant in the joint and told us if we crushed it up or ate it or whatever it would be a help for worms, malaria, depression – all these herbal remedies that, while interesting, will never be remembered by Cindy or John. Unfortunately, the views kind of sucked because of the fog but we did see a glimpse of the golden monkey (it looked like a big cat to me – but it was kind of fast). We were also passed by the guys that do the gorilla tracking and apparently the tourists that spent the $500 were able to see them which is really good because that would totally suck if you spent that money and didn’t actually see the gorillas. Us non-gorilla tourists had no chance to see them as they were in from where we hiked. Oh well, somehow I think we’ll survive.
Anyway, we were back in town by 2-3 pm and went and got our bus tickets – 6 am but as far as we were concerned, the first bus would be the only bus we would take in Africa again even if we have to wake up super early. Waiting around for 3 hours just aen’t going to happen! The next day we were heading to Lake Bunyoni to relax for a few days since we hadn’t really slept in like 2 days because of the early wake-up times…
Tags: RTW Trip, Uganda
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