I must apologise for my jellyfish effort this morning as I was sorely left wanting when it came to climbing the last series of hills. My current lack of fitness had me feeling pretty ordinary after we crossed that swampy creek.
But the day was fantastic. After we collected locals and other paraphernalia, we then drove along the Magi Hwy on route to Lebogoro. One could be excused that the Magi Hwy should be renamed the Maggi Hwy after noticing quite a bit of Nestle signage. In fact one of the early Kakaruk signs claimed the Maggi Hwy moniker…
After arriving at our destination we alighted from our vehicles and headed across the footbridge to the primary school. From here we climbed, and we climbed and we climbed. Before we reached the summit, two members of the party had to return back to base camp as the Sun was taking its toll. As there had been some recent rain, the Sun only drew the moisture out of the soil and the humidity levels were extreme.
But the views of the Rigo countryside were awesome from the top, the entire village of Lebogoro laid out below and beyond that, the road to Kupiano and beyond!!! It was along the top of this ridge where there was a nice shady tree lined area which was very pleasant. The descent down the other side was steep but relatively safe as the fresh green grass tussocks provided confident footing.
Then it was up the hill that hurt, and not a tree in site.
But then down the other side to a swampy creek area complete with Sago Palm and then what appeared a nice steady climb up to another hilltop, but it was here that I decided that I was best to head the valley way to the Village, and our guide opted to lead me on home.
After a short rest and a chat with the locals, we then headed on back to Moresby aka Brownsville in the Tropics.
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