On our second day, with map in hand, we headed out to the town of Tsdo to hike to to both a large and small waterfall. Our first challenge, however, was actually finding the start of the hike. After having reviewed a variety of write-ups and driving directions, we were perplexed to find absolutely no indication, markings or entrance to this "incredibly popular" hike.
Just about to abandon cause, we spotted a taxi swerve off the road and seemingly into the bush.
With few other options, we decided to follow him.
We made it about 50 metres before our small rental car could no longer handle the treacherous road. Parking as far off to the side as possible, with the car at seemingly a 45 degree angle wedged into a bush, we decided to continue the path on foot to see if there might be something around.
To our delight, we encountered some campers who were bbq'ing an unusual breakfast feast of what looked like a whole animal (this was less delightful). We then passed an abandoned camping ground, just as was noted in one of the blogs we had read. We were on our way!
On one of the hiking sites we had researched, this hike had been "downgraded" from a "moderate" hike to an "incredibly easy" hike. In retrospect, we can only conclude that this post was written by a macho-man trying to prove his manhood! The hike was anything but easy, requiring us to actually pull out our hiking gloves in order to grab onto tree branches and rocks as we hauled ourselves across and up steep walkways and hills to get to the gushing waterfalls.
But the hike was a gorgeous one, with lush vegetation and almost no other trekkers. As we sat on the rocks and were misted by the powerful waterfalls, we were totally at peace...and the worry that our rental car would actually be able to dislodge itself from the bush in which it was parked was the furthest thing from our minds...
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