Guajataca Trails

The week has been quite a load, in every sense... But I'll try to keep it pleasant, so here goes the only leisure event I have been able to accomplish in weeks. Enjoy!

The Journey
Oh, we all can be so innocent! LS was clever enough to convince the forest guardian to actually give us a trail map so we would not appear in Unsolved Mysteries. Little did we know that the trails were slippery filled with traps and spiders and annoying boy scouts... The way towards the target (the Caves of Wind) was 3.5km to get there... A small oasis in the way allowed for feet delight. The way promised to be long and to torture us with thirst and hunger... It delivered flawlessly. Oddly enough, we spotted a butterfly that after capturing its beauty on the camera, followed us all the way to the cave and then back... Guess that she wanted to appear on more pics, either that or she loved Groundel's perfume...

Arrival
Surprise, surprise... We got to the cave's entrance... It went down and I instantly disliked it because of the darkness it shed towards the outside world... I could only picture spiders crawling over me. But what the heck, after doubting the stairs'stability, down we went... The giant maw that greeted us was simply stunning!



Baby Steps
Oh, stupidity can linger even among gods... We were very willing to go into the cave... but we missed a small detail: We needed light to go deeper into the cave... Just beside the entrance, majestic roots showed off light and shadows... We dared to stumbled in the darkness with the light of a cellular. Somehow we managed to stand in that slippery floor, and went behind some cave rocks and stalagmites for some pics.

Left Side
Hmph! Under a cell light no one can really see what lies ahead... So we dared to follow the light into a safe distance. When the dark shroud completely blinded us we decided to take note on human instinct and return to the cave's entrance.

Right Side
There was what seems to be a rocky shroud of wall... darkness didnt allow us to go deeper into it. The floor seemed filled with water... Maybe an illusion. I just flashed the camera various times to get some cool pics (and if you stare long enough you will actually see a couple making out in the faraway side of the cavern... Umm... Sorry!



Outside
Well, here's a look from inside-out and then at the cave's entrance stairs, for memories... After the encounter with bat poo and natures's bane, we had to head back walking another 3.5km... On the way we took a different trail which featured the lookout area, from where the whole forest can be enjoyed (and a real pain to get there as it is up, up, up, and friggin up!). It was windy (Coriolis would have LOVED it) and nature looked... healthy? Anyway, this time we actually saw all the interpretative stations that we missed at first... Yay!

Farewell
After interpreting our way, and feeling compelled to navigate towards the nearest nourishing station (civilization in the name of the AVO, jejeh), we cheered as we conquered nature (after it screwed us... literally...) and lived to tell the tale...



Abadia, fumbled plan... Again we tried to go see the moat in Isabela. This tima the visiting hours had passed and Little John was guarding the place while listening to raegaetón and talking in the cel... Whatever... We were too tired to complain too much, so off to our hometown after a full day of woodland adventuring...

And so it was that the bard, the elf and the ugly travelled in search of fortune and fame, and returned with a beaten ass... Mother Nature, be proud!

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