Travel Diary - Kuang Si waterfalls

Morning came and it was time go get ready for departure to the waterfall. We had time to get to a nice little stand in a crossing which sold amazing avocado baguettes and stock up before the minivan came and picked us up. A rocky windy road awaited and Robert quickly took something against the motion sickness to keep from getting ill. 

When we arrived we had untill 4:30 untill we should be back at the minivan which was about four hours, and so we set out to explore.

We first stoped at a bear rescue center that had alot of asian Black bears living there. We arrived just in time for feeding and saw the bears climb over obstacles and dive into tree trunks, all in the quest for food. It was so endearing that Wayu wanted to stay forever taking pictures :) (Unfortunately though, the bears seems to be ninja bears that deleted the photos of themselves from the camera because the many bear-photos are, in all meaning of the word, gone)

After the bear rescue center we found ourselves on a trail winding itself forever upwards. Adventiually we could hear water and so our steps quickened untill we saw the first of many pools of blue clear water. We walked a bit more untill we found a big pool with a tree hanging over the water so we could jump from it. Some locals had also put up a rope and we had alot of fun jumping out with the rope and splashing into the water! 

After some time we decided to walk further up the track and stoped every once in a while for some nice pictures untill we got to the base of the big waterfall itself. We climbed as close to it as we dared, any closer and the wind from the waterfall would surely pull us down into the water. 

Happy Robert after a swim in the natural pools.

Wayu was wearing Roberts shorts for the day and they were just a liiiittle bit too big ;) 

Ready for the jungle in Roberts clothes. It's better someone elses clothes right? ;)

The big waterfall. Do compare to the tiny humans at the bottom of it ;)

We then heared that you could climb up to the top of the waterfall for some amazing pictures and so we set out on a winding, incredible steep climb up the last bit of the mountainside. When we finally got up we were both kind of exhausted and we took a moment to catch our breath. During that time the sky thought it would be funny to open up, and so the rain started pouring. We managed to get to the waterfall after walking a short time through slimy muddy water almost waist high only to find that the rain kept us from taking any really amazing pictures. 

A steep climb to the top of the waterfall.

The too-cloudy-and-rainy-for-a-good-photo view from the top of the waterfall.

 

The steep waterway down...

A bit sad we decided to go back down again, and the huge leech that Robert found sucking on his knee made all the more motivation. There was just one problem... The rain had turned the path into a treacherous mudslide and Wayu couldn't get good footing anywhere. The climb down was even more mentally draining than physically and by the time we got down we were both tired and relieved.

The climb down had taken a bit longer than anticipated and so we rushed to get back to the minivan on time. We made it with a few minutes to spare only to realise that the bastard left without us 15 min ago. 

We ended up having to pay a tuk-tuk driver overprice to get back into town and we were a bit angry to say the least when we boarded the car. The people in the tuk-tuk however were wonderfull and so began the second part of the day.

Wayu & Robert