Up at 6 for the Tongario River Crossing, dam thing was cancelled due to bad weather. Bo11ocks, its not often im actually excited by the prospect of walking for 8 hours. Had a chilling day, both in terms of the description of my activities and the weather. Met up with the couple for dinner @7 and we went to a place serving food with a mexican theme. Everyone who served us was English. After dinner we went to the bar where we ate the previous evening...

Day 8 was a good if uneventful day. I was hoping it would be a day to relax the purse strings somewhat but I ended up buying a North Face Fleece and a new beenie hat. Nicola and I indepently shopped for hats, it turns out she tried on my hat but chose against it and then she spent the rest of the day staring admiringly at my head. I think her boyfriend was jealous, mainly beacuse he is only 3ft 8 and can't see up as far as my head. We went swimming in the...