FUN FACT #22: There are no trees in Tongario National Park.
A few of our friends had hiked the entire circuit on Easter Weekend, and we felt like it was something we had to do. I went online and found a place to stay for the night about 10 minutes from the car park at the base of the trail. It was called "Mangetepopo Camping School" so I figured we would be camping. But once I called, the woman became incredibly accommodating.
I knocked on the door and this cute old lady came out in her bathrobe. She took our mullah, and pointed us the the direction of a nice little house. "We lit the fire for you a while ago, so the house should be nice and warm."
A few of our friends had hiked the entire circuit on Easter Weekend, and we felt like it was something we had to do. I went online and found a place to stay for the night about 10 minutes from the car park at the base of the trail. It was called "Mangetepopo Camping School" so I figured we would be camping. But once I called, the woman became incredibly accommodating.
"Oh no, you don't need to camp. I'll have a cottage set up for the four of you. $20 each." Well, ok then!
We rented the car for myself and my friends Lizzy (the one I talk about all the time), Lizzy Fanning (the one I teach with at St. Michael's), and Emma. We left around 3 or 4 o'clock and got to the Camping School at around 8 or 9.
I knocked on the door and this cute old lady came out in her bathrobe. She took our mullah, and pointed us the the direction of a nice little house. "We lit the fire for you a while ago, so the house should be nice and warm."
Wahoo! I had expected to be sleeping in a little lean-to shack-- a full house with multiple bedrooms, bathrooms, and a kitchen was definitely not what I was expecting. We dragged 4 mattresses into the room with the fire, hopped in our sleeping bags, and passed out. Lots of hiking tomorrow!
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