We headed out at 7:10 a.m.. It rained; I thought it would all day, but it didn’t.
After 2.5 km we had the chance on either roadwalking for another 2.5 km or stick to the trail, take the scenic route over the mountains which was about 12.5 km long. Luckily J. insisted on the scenic route. With the rain it was only somewhat beautiful, but it was still worth it. We seldom spoke as we climbed wet ’n’ slippery rocks uphill. As we reached the top we found our first official E1 trail-mark, we both were excited about that.
As we hiked downhill it stopped raining and our mood lightened up and we chit-chatted our way into town. We got there at 11:30 and already had 22 km on the clock; we are getting stronger. In town we got some resupply for tonight’s dinner and tomorrow’s breakfast and lunch. After a good break for lunch we decided to keep going.
There was supposed to be a lake we chose to aim for the night. The lake turned out to be some sort of reservoir and not a good idea to sleep. As we were running out of water, we asked a farmer for some and he poured us water out of a canister. As we couldn’t camp as desired we still had to find a place for the night and luckily we found one behind some trees on the side of the road. While I decided to keep my 1 ltr. of water for tomorrow, J. decided to cook hoping to find some water early tomorrow. We’ll see…
On the way to the lake we again were disgusted by the piles of garbage we find on the side of the roads everywhere. It truly is a shame!
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