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Hello friends, guess what we did today?? For those of you who said we climbed the highest peak in Curacao today, you would be correct! I left the house at 7:30 and stopped by to pick up our friends Loet and Maikel and then we drove to another meeting spot and picked up another friend we work with named Chen or “Elvis as we call him”. Since Loet and Maikel are heading back to Holland soon we figured it was now or never and it’s something they wanted to do but never found the time. The drive there was frustrating because of crazy drivers and construction but beautiful at the same time and finally after an hour and fifteen minutes we finally arrived. Most normal people would never start a climb to Mount Christoffel at 9:30 because of the heat but obviously we are not normal people!! I brought all my camera gear because I figured since it has been raining so much around here that the mountain must be even greener and lush but that was not the case! It was so dry!! Usually the West end gets all the rain and we get nothing but it seems that is no longer the case! As we started our hike up and for the next hour we ran into person after person heading back down who had already summited, that was not a good sign for us. I guess the good part of hiking so late in the morning was that once at the top you have it all to yourself! The hike up is difficult and is not for the weak at heart, if anyone tells you it’s an easy climb they are just kidding or have never been there. After only 10 minutes of walking we were already completely soaked to the bone, it so humid! My friend Chen and I stopped often to take photos while Loet and Maikel continued their climb stopping often to catch their breath and wait for us. The mountain is filled with beautiful things the whole way up like the millions of bromeliads, iguanas, parakeets, butterflies, Cara, Cara’s and lizards, it’s such a great place. Once at the top I did something I had never done before and went off-trail to a few nearby peaks in search of new photo opportunities. What I found was this beautiful setting far away from what 99% of most tourists see, it was hard to get to but so worth the walk. I was there shooting a big spider and a cactus flower when Maikel found his way to me as well and while I shot some macro he went exploring and climbing as you see here. All three of the ABC Islands have large peaks, the highest pointon Bonaire is Brandaris Hill at 787 feet [240 meters]. The highest point on Curaçao is Christoffelberg [Mount Christoffel] at 1,230 feet [375 meters]. The highest point on Aruba is Mount Jamanota 1,620 feet [188 miles]. We finally left the summit at 12:30 and all of us had ran out of water making the walk back down not so fun! As many of you know walking down something loose and steep can be way more difficult than going up as it’s really hard on your knees. We were all so glad to get back to the car where I had hid a big jug of water in the shade and within 15 minutes we had made our way back out of the park and headed back home, it was hot but it sure was a fun morning!
Needless to say I am worn out as I sit here. Aimee took the dogs for a quick walk and is off tomorrow and leaves for States Thursday morning, she will be gone for 3 long weeks!! See ya, Barry
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