As we started back up the mountain, the kids that followed us down, started back up with us with the same empty jugs. The jugs were their excuse to go to the water and see us. Others waved and smiled to us as we left.
It was a difficult climb back since we were at an elevation of 9,000 as Arlene told us. All of us were panting and sweating and at times it was even difficult to get a deep breathe.
We saw two amazingly colorful chameleons along the path and took a rest to photograph them. A good excuse for US to stop. One bright green and one with beautiful colors. Good thing I was wearing my purple shirt that you have seen in many photos. A good backdrop for the chameleons to show up. What an amazing walk.
We saw homes, children, corn drying, crops, banana fields and beautiful
puffy clouds.
The trench for the pipes was the way we followed down and up. We used that to reach two water stations. Men and women from the community dug the trench by hand for the pipes fall of 2011. Now they could reach water stations along the mountain and not climb all the way down. This took weeks as they also had to carry rocks on their heads on in stretchers made of sticks for the stations. Oh how fortunate we are. Our water is now back on because the pump has been fixed.
We are sunburned and beat but it was so worth it all!
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