We had planned to be walking by 4:30 am but when the alarm went off this morning at 4:00, we could hear that it was pouring rain outside so we went back to bed for 3 more hours. We slept from 7:00 pm to 7:00 am! We started walking at a little before 8:00 am and about an hour later it stared to rain so we put up our umbrellas.
If it’s not cold out, I really enjoy walking in the rain. We got soaked through but neither of us were complaining because the rain made it a whole lot cooler. It was so pleasant that it could rain every day for the rest of our trip and I would be pleased. It sure beats the heat we had 2 or 3 dsys ago.
When it first started raining we were delicately picking our way across the little puddles and rivulets of water in an effort to keep our feet somewhat dry but that was a losing battle. We gave up on that and just walked through the water that was running down the street and coming up over our sandals. That appealed to the kid in me- sloshing around in the rain and not caring about how wet I got.
The rain really reduced the amount of traffic on the road too which was a good thing because we saw at least a dozen landslides that had spilled out onto route 324. The rain also brought out a lot of creepy crawley insects and we saw a few centipedes traversing the road searching for higher ground.
At around 3:00 we walked into one of the smallest towns we have been in so far. It’s called Banto and I swear the whole town is 1/16th of a mile long. It has 2 hotels. We are in the one at the furthest end of town. When we signed in, Doug noticed that there hadn’t been a guest here since sometime in 2014. It cost us just as much as the hotel we were in last night that had AC, a king sized bed, a shower with hot water, a western toilet and cable TV. This place is the size of a prison cell, has 2 twin sized beds, no sheets, a cement floor and a squat toilet down the hall that we have to haul water in a bucket up 3 flights of narrow stairs if we want to flush it. It also has a shower head that’s not connected to any functional plumbing. I know it sounds like I’m complaining but I’m not. It’s just all part of the adventure!
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Actually, if I zoom out far enough on the google map, it seems that you guys have only gone a mile or so. Perspective is everything I guess! When you get weary, just think about how far Hippolyte went & then down a cold drink & re-energize! You two can do this & you will…it is in your nature!