20.10 mission

Today's mission was to conquer the mountain: Kasigau. After early breakfast we left by buss to the root of the mountain. The first few kilometres were really rocky and hot. After we got into the woods it was a little bit easier to climb because the temperature wansn't so high. We saw a few wild animals and the flowers smelled like a perfume. Soon the woods changed into a rain forest and it was something we had never seen before. A lot of huge trees and epiflyts. The guide told as about the history of that place. It was actually been used by the British soldiers to fight against Germany in world war 1. The bath we were walking had really hard parts and steep risings. Finally we were on the top after 4hours of hiking. We were about 2kilometres from the ground. The view was amazing and we were glad that we made it. The steep risings were a problem when we head back. Few students fell and hurt themselves. Luckily the way back didn't last as long as the way up. We made it in about 2hours. Village's women had came to our buss bringing their hand made baskets. We bought them and the village's children sang to us. Then we left back to the Taita reasearch station. The night had already come and it was conpeltely dark when we drove the narrow streats to our station