Today we did a tour of the Chocolate Hills which are 1268 - 50m high mounds that during dry season appear chocolate from the dead grass. Since it's rainy season though, they were a bit green. Boston ran into one of his fellow teachers there doing a bike race that ended at the top of the Hills.
Afterwards we went to a tarsier center to see the teeny tiny monkeys that remind me of Smeagol from Lord of the Rings. There was a larger monkey there in a cage whose long arms stole the glasses off a guy's face who got a bit too close.
We ran into B's friend, Kate, again with her husband and friends there. They invited us to have lunch with them off the river. We hired a small boat driven by a kid no older than 14 to take us down to the waterfall at the end and then up to Nut's Huts for lunch. There are huts you can rent out that no doubt have no electricity and maybe running water. This is the kind of place where they don't expect you to shower for days on end. They have a fun restaurant though so high on a hill from the river that feels like a treehouse. They had wonderful rolls and so-so food but awesome views.
Afterwards we took the boat back, and it started to rain. And by rain, I mean monsoon-style pouring. Luckily, it has tapered off by the time we got to our stop where our van was waiting. That morning I woke up with a pounding head - probably sinus - so once we got home at 4:30 pm I took a couple sinutabs and promptly passed out. I woke up at 6:30 to find K asleep. I got up for a bit so I wouldn't wake up in the middle of the night, but after some chocolate cake at 9 I was ready to go back to bed. Tough life, out here!
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