At first we walked towards the Beach, which was quite nice even though it consisted of a lot of stones and the ground was quite wet.
After that, we wanted to hike up the mountain. We tried following the designated routes, however, at some point the path split into three paths with no sign showing us the way. We decided to take the path that seemed to go upwards. As it turned out, it wan't one of the designated paths and we had to climb over or below trees. The path itself was sometimes also a bit steep, overgrown and very rocky, but it was really fun. When we came to the top, we had a great view of the ocean and surrounding area. We had a short break to eat a snack and make a lot of nice pictures. When we decided to go on, we discovered that we hadn't been on Mount Doug yet. Instead, this was just some small plateau which wasn't even on the map. We still found a way from here to the real top of the mountain, which wasn't too far anymore. I must say that I enjoyed the view from our rather remote plateau more than the view from Mount Doug, which was pretty good as well - you could see pretty far in every direction.
After a while, we decided to find a route back down. This time, we stayed on a designated route, which wasn't much easier than the route we took on the way up. In fact, since we were going downward and it was quite steep and sandy, this way seemed even more dangerous, as it was easy to slip.
We still managed to get down without any incidents and took the next bus back to my place, where Sara picked up her stuff before going back to the hostel.
I still had a little time before having to leave again, so I just relaxed a little and cooked some dinner - mostly leftovers from yesterday.There was a free drumming workshop at Fairfield Church Hall this evening and since I felt like trying something new, I had signed up for it.
When I arrived at the Hall, I was actually surprised about its size. It was like a small auditorium and there were seats for about 80 people. By the time the workshop started almost all of the seats were filled. Most of the people actually had their own drums, some even played in some kind of drum orchestra. Nevertheless, there were several beginners like me as well. We got a 'Djembe', which is an African drum. The guy leading the workshop showed us several more or less diffucult beats which we were supposed to repeat. After we had learned several rhythms, some the orchestra people switched to other instruments like bells and xylophones and together, we played some African song. At one point, we were even supposed to sing. At first playing didn't seem too hard but after a while, it got a little tiring and I had a hard time remembering which rhythms I was supposed to play at what time. Anyhow, just listening to the beat was quite amazing, hearing so many people drum in unison and the different rhythms overlap and mix was definitely an interesting acoustic experience.
The workshop was over at 8:30 and as it turned out, the bus I had wanted to take back home didn't go past that particular location after 8 PM. Consequently, I had to figure out where the nearest bus stop for me would be. Luckily, it was only a 10 minute walk from where I was and I also only had to wait for about 10 more minutes for the bus.
When I arrived home, Katrina was just finished watching a tv show and about to make popcorn. I told her about 'White Collar' since the show had been on my mind the past few days. We ended up watching the first episode together on her netflix, which I really enjoyed although I had already seen it so many times before.
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