Monday, March 21, 2011

A Traditional Hike





We hiked our favorite trail, Nebaj to Cocop and then followed the beautiful spring fed Rio Azul to the town of the same name. Unfortunately, we managed a late start and could not take advantage of Julie´s offer of an water color lesson along this inspiring river.






We stopped and took the traditional picture of us on ´The Rock´ (see previous years´ blogs) along the trail just as Cocop emerges into our view. No one was around to snap the picture for us, so unfortunately, Tias is missing from the group photo.














A welcome rest stop.










The UFO siting.




A photo op.









Julie brought along tennis balls to give out to kids along the way. Thinking we were out of town, she gave a few to kids along the trail. What seemed like an instantaneous reaction, kids poured out of doorways of house up our trail. A mob of kids formed behind us making Julie seem like the Pied Piper. This experience proves that good news travels fast even without modern appliances such as cell phones. This picture shows the beginning of the mob formation, notice the reinforcements coming up from the rear.





Our crowded bus ride back to Nebaj accepted happily by tired hikers.


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