August 2- Kodai Kanal

We got up around 7:30 and there was no hot water like they said there would be and the toiled won’t flush anymore. Oh well, welcome to India. We went and walked for a while we waited for Pabbu to call. We found a stand with this man selling fried bread and chai so naturally we got some, It was pretty good. Nothing else was open so we walked down a huge hill to this cute little neighborhood. We talked to Pabbu and found out where to meet him, We were going trekking, UNFORTUNATLY I didn’t have proper shoes, oh well, I figured I could do an hour in flip flops around a forest, no big deal…..Well trekking ended up being 4-5 Hours UP A MOUNTAIN. I’m clumsy, we all know this, I fell twice, hurt my knee and my shoulder, eventually I did the smart (maybe) think and took of the shoes. After about 2 hours I had to slow down, they were climbing so fast and I just can’t do that. If it had been slower and we had stopped and looked out it would have been really nice. But it wasn’t and I was in flip flops, Pabbu was really nice about it though, and slowed down with me (so aside from the embarrassing part it worked out) We all bought jack fruit from a cart near the end, and that was yummy, there were a few points where I just didn’t think I was going to make it. But I did. Me and a few of the other strugglers decided that it was a hike, even a goat would have had hard time with. It was a really nice hike though, and I’m really glad I got to do it, flip flops and facing certain death and all.
After the hike we got on a buss and went to some “view points”, unfortunately all we could see were monkeys, it was really foggy. Then we went to a waterfall, and then to a lake to do some shopping at the Tibetan stalls. And then on to a Tibet restaurant or dinner (They had dim som!) When I got back to the hotel there was no water. Oh well. So I tended to my cuts and scrapes (my new goal is to not be so clumsy) Zelda wasn’t back yet, but I was exhausted, I tried to lock the door, but it wouldn’t lock (kinda scary)