Beyond the road - Chapter V

After the fall of night and the pleasant warmth of the fire, my senses were slowly surrendering to the desire to sleep, the tranquility that conceived the moment was so comforting that I wanted to consummate an extraordinary hours of rest, which was precisely what I was doing in my little space.

Then in the morning, I wake up with my usual gratitude to "God" for the opportunity that gives us each day and especially to get up with the freshness of the environment, the multi-melodic song of the birds and the pleasant passage of the river. Upon leaving, I see two (2) friends talking in the vicinity of the campfire, including the "guide", I greet them with an energetic "good morning" and the first thing they tell me is that "we have to take advantage of tomorrow", they explain to me that when we went up we had taken about seven (7) hours, which would need at least five (5) to go down if we wanted to be back in the city by day, then the exit limit would be at twelve [ 12:00] pm of the half day.

With no time to lose, the "guide" makes us the cordial invitation to "get to the top", something I did not know could be done, said that it would take us about ten (10) minutes, which seemed like an ideal warm-up to prepare the muscles. The intriguing thing of all is that while I went to look for some shoes and a flannel said that "we could not leave without first seeing it".

Prepared and with a little curiosity, we walked to the far right of our host pit, there was an imperceptible access to continue climbing, what we did not know was that, upon reaching the top level, was a fallen trunk that hindered us the step, so that two (2) options arose, or we went underneath filling us with a lot of mud or we climbed with the risk of falling over it, so without hesitation, we supported each other and successfully crossed over, obtaining a result of the view of a new and beautiful well, this one looked like an authentic celestial pool, in addition to having several mini waterfalls, it seemed perfect for a true love occasion, definitely this was better than the previous one, only that it did not have a space for camping , followed the guide tells us "calm down" that "this was not what we came to see".

We followed and we crossed through huge rocks, while the sound of the impact of a strong fall of water increased, a few steps away from the left, we witnessed the highest water fall I have ever seen in my life , it was the "waterfall of the north", an indescribable spectacle of descent of water that keeps its microparticles suspended in the air, at that moment I spread my arms celebrating the glory and affirmed that the conquest was a fact.

But we could not leave there without first taking a bath in its waters, so we approached carefully, since the equivalent of beauty was also dangerous, the surface of the floor and the walls were composed of smooth rock, sliding represented a possible calamity , but not necessarily because of the fall, but because the current concentrated all the water outlet in a channel that ended up falling on other stones in a vertical position.

I looked for the safest angle that seemed to me to enter and unexpectedly I observed the silhouette of the biggest and deadliest reptile of today, the "crocodile". Stunned, I raised my voice with force, warning my friends, the presence of the alleged animal, I tell them to "see inside the water" to visualize their huge figure. Then the question we asked ourselves was "how could he get there", analyzing the effort that had been for us.

Then we try to make it move, throwing the few stones that we find without obtaining any result, the "guide" brings a long-range branch and cautiously manages to make the contact, says that apparently "is not what we thought" that even though we could not identify it clearly, it is possible that the constant agitation of water has dragged from the top large pieces of tree bark forming that visual effect, assuming the possibility, enters the water and waves it with the branch to disperse it.

When checking his theory, we enter free of concern, when suddenly under the tree bark, an intense "green light" is released that captures our total attention, looking at our faces with uncertainty, another unusual phenomenon occurs in front of us. Higher light formation approaches us from far from the sky, bringing with it a multicolored prism on the waterfall, altering its original size until it changes to a smaller and more reserved version.