Had a restless night and woke up feeling rough but felt better after breakfast. Pottered around the hotel for a while then hit the road at around 1115, heading back to the waterfall via the tectonic plates we skipped yesterday.
Sun was shining, temperature around 10c, almost perfect. Once again we were in awe of the landscape.
Got to the tectonic plates and parked, no signs around but soon found a small trail up a hill. Got to the top, and yet another amazing view – a small gorge with vertical walls. One side Europe, the other America.
The lack of safety was again apparent – we were hopping across fissures in the rock to get photos, and a slip into one would mean serious injury. On one hand it’s good to be able to get so close, but on the other I wonder if anyone has fallen in.
Took lots of photos and then decided to stop off at the geyser again on the way to the waterfall. It was just as well because some idiot forgot to charge the camera battery yesterday and it packed up half way through.
Got more good photos, but Song’s were better, she seemed to know when it was about to erupt.
Took off again for the waterfall and this time decided not to go down to the edge because despite the sun it was very cold and windy.
Drove back, deciding to head straight to the city and go back to the French restaurant we went to before but it was full of painters and decoraters – not eating, but renovating. We found it difficult to park, and as we were walking looking for somewhere else to eat noticed the city was full of people, all going in the opposite direction. We found a restaurant and asked what was happening – it was a protest against the government, because it had just been revealed that there was corruption and a lot of the cabinet had offshore accounts.
I had a burger, Song had fish, which meant she had eaten fish every day so far.
I was still feeling a bit under the weather so we just went back to the hotel. The sky was clear and the chance of Northern Light activity was moderate so we may get up to have another look.
