The mountain in the background, the sleeping indian, is the hike Stephen took me on while we were in Panama. We entered the mountains at the edge of the valley - which is a large caldera- about at dead end of the street Stephen lives on -- see previous post. In this picture it would be against the mountain about where the wire is hanging down. We started out climbing towards the right rather than up the sleeping Indian's head.
Our guide and hiking partner was Jose, a neighbor and friend of Stephen's who was of some degree of local fame as one who was able to make the trip very fast in an annual race.
At various points in the early hiking it was quite jungle like, complete with the jungle sounds, and very very wet.
The water fall is a famous tourist spot and has some indian carvings which I will show in the next post, (I forgot to up load the photo and do not know how to place a photo where I want it with out starting over)
As you can see there were points where the hiking was quite rough and over an "uneven trail" and in other places very very steep.
In the photo below you can see the lip of the volcano and the path along the edge, the wind was quite strong as we approached the top at this point and was the point from which we first began to see something other than plants.
The proverbial "at the top" photo and extremely strong wind- hence my willingness to remove the hat. and our knelling down rather than remaining standing on the edge with strong gusts of wind. You can also see the valley in the background.
next post. the rest of the trip. and some photos I forgot from the trip up to the top.
Wow! That looks awesome. Looks like you guys had a fun trip. Love, Julie
ReplyDeletegood job posting all the photos Dad! You can click and drag them around in a posting - it's still easier to upload them in reverse order of how you want them to post, but if you forget, just load the one you want and then drag it around in the post to where you want it.
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