P:Ambulawaawa, The Minister’s Folly
We stopped for an hour to climb the most amazing little tower into the sky. It was called 10 stories… The first six stories were a circular stair case getting narrower and narrower inside. At the seventh floor we were on the outside holding on to the lowest of handrails and the smallest of handholds. And there was two-way traffic! SO every so often there was a tiny doorway you could squeeze into to let those coming down pass you.
By the top it was pretty scary… we might have stopped at the ninth floor…
The view was quite something, but the clouds were swirling around our East side, so not per
Day One, guide says, ‘Ive got an idea…’
Ambulawaawa is the site of the Minister’s Folly. A recent minister of Cultural Affairs or similar was allowed to design this stupendous tower that reaches higher than Jack’s Beanstalk, and is surrounded by clouds. It was great fun and just a little scary, but we did it anyways.
Rafters Retreat, our first 2 nights
We planned not rafting but walks in the area. There had been plenty of rain so the river — just below our open balcony — was rushing by very loudly. Our room was basically a very big open balcony, and in case of mosquitoes we had a net over the bed, as you can see.