Day 2 of trekking - Blogabond

This morning we woke up and I literally couldn't move! My legs hurt so much I couldn't face getting out of bed. However, after a little attention seeking I got up after Chris rubbed my calves back to life.

Feeling optimistic and wanting to get the most out of the day again, we decided to go trekking once again, thinking a little pain didn't really hurt anyone. So, we met up with Sophie at 9am and found a lovely little cafe to have breakfast before we went on our way.

The view from our hotel in Sagada

Our early start to leave and go trekking though didn't go as planned and we made a few friends there and we chatted away the afternoon where we watched the staff make civet coffee.

watching them roast their own coffee

grinding the beans

civit coffee beans

Cat poo coffee half full

This is famous coffee all around the world and supposedly costs $50 in the USA. Wild civet cats eat the coffee plants selecting only the finest beans and the poo them out. The poo is then collected and made into coffee! It sounds pretty disgusting but Chris loved it.

Feeling guilty about not making it further than the cafe we reluctantly waited until it cooled down a little and headed off at 2pm, taking a new friend Jonjo with us as our tour-guide.

It was an exhausting yet very rewarding high up in the mountains and through a forest. Completely beetroot in the face and doubting that we would ever be white-skinned again, the heavens opened and it poured down with rain. Surprisingly though, in the middle of nowhere there was a shack built in the forest that we ran to and Jonjo pulled out some beers from inside his bag, we were secretly delighted to have the chance to cool down!