Day 5 - Treasure hunting in the jungle

Today the rain was continuing to rule the weather forecast. A tour of any sort seemed just out of the question, so we settled on the Treasure hunt today. The prizes for winning the treasure hunt needn't matter as they were all alcoholic and winning was likely not within our ability, as it was an all day event and we were setting out around 10 a.m. The first stop was the labyrinth. It was a neatly constructed maze of overgrown plants and we set off on the wrong path quite a few times before locating our next clue.

The next clue was actually something we spotted upon entry, so it was easily handled and next we were in search of Treebeard in the Forest of the Elders. Still raining. At the beginning we were given 2 maps that I was keeping inside my gore tex jacket. Sadly though we kept relying on them for navigation and rain and paper make some kind of consistency on par with mash potatoes if handled enough.

We made it to the crest of the hill and the Forest of the Elders wasn't too far below that. Elliot was doing really well climbing up the hill and down to where Treebeard stood. Soon after though he started to get chilled so we split up, Mom taking Elliot back to the hostel and Tegan and I proceeding. Oh yeah, Treebeard was so cool! He stood in a massive girth likely 10m in circumference. The trunk split in the middle and formed what felt like legs and the canopy covered a good portion of the sky above us.

Tegan and I continued down the path and came to a couple of junctions. We eventually made it to Little Kitten falls but when we stopped and opened our map for the next destination, we were left unfolding mushy bits of paper. Considering that without the map we had little chance of getting anywhere a clue would tell us to go, we decided to head back to the hostel too.

Still raining.

Once back we went to have a shower. Mom and Elliot already had one and said they had enjoyed it. Only Tegan and I suffered with a promisingly warm shower at first but very quickly the water ran out and we were very sudsy. We attempted to A) keep warm and B) rinse off but neither were entirely successful. We dried off and got dressed and then we went down to the lodge. While I made us lunch, Tegan continued to prove her new mastery of the game Yannif with a bunch of fellow travelers and Elliot warmed up with Mom watching a movie.

We continued with a night of just chilling including a visit with Rocky and a movie with popcorn.

Off to bed and it was still raining.