When the weather is hot and you are hiking, I consider it an excellent reward when the end point of the hike is a place to cool off 馃槂. So was this hike between mountains near the town of San Joaquin, in Carabobo state, Venezuela.
Cuando el clima es caluroso y est谩s de excursi贸n, que el punto final del recorrido sea un sitio para refrescarte, lo considero como un excelente premio 馃槂. As铆 fue esta caminata entre monta帽as cercanas a la poblaci贸n de San Joaqu铆n, en el estado Carabobo, Venezuela.
We went to El Aguacate hill, a place that is accessed through a farm and where on weekends many people go to train, for example runners and cyclists.
Fuimos al cerro El Aguacate, un lugar al que se accede a trav茅s de una finca y donde los fines de semana va mucha gente a entrenar, por ejemplo corredores y ciclistas.
At first the trail is clear, without any vegetation, but after about half an hour walking, you find yourself in a forest. I loved the scenery, the mountains here have very steep crags.
Al principio el sendero es despejado, sin nada de vegetaci贸n, pero despu茅s de como media hora caminando, te encuentras entre un bosque. El paisaje me encant贸, las monta帽as aqu铆 tienen unos riscos muy pronunciados.
The coolness provided by the trees is instantaneous, as soon as they appear the temperature changes, what a relief, because the sun was very strong.
La frescura que brindan los 谩rboles es instant谩nea, apenas aparecen la temperatura cambia, qu茅 alivio, porque el sol estaba muy fuerte.
About an hour had passed since the beginning of the hike and finally water appeared, a stream with a mini waterfall.
Hab铆a pasado como una hora desde el inicio de la caminata y finalmente apareci贸 el agua, un riachuelo con una mini cascada.
The trail was marked on one side of the river and we climbed up that way, but not before wetting our faces to get rid of the sweat, the water was so cold!
Por un lado del r铆o estaba marcado el sendero y subimos por all铆, no sin antes mojarnos la cara para quitarnos el sudor, 隆qu茅 fr铆a estaba el agua!.
A few minutes later we arrive at the waterfall, first we see a small one that descends between the rocks and further up is the big one.
Unos minutos despu茅s llegamos a la cascada, se ve primero una peque帽a que baja entre las rocas y m谩s arriba est谩 la grande.
People also come here to practice canyoning, which is like rappel, they go down with ropes through ravines where water falls.
Aqu铆 viene tambi茅n gente a practicar canyoning, que es como rapel, bajan con cuerdas por barrancos donde cae agua.
When we were going up to the big waterfall, we saw that there was a well where the water was coming down, many people go up just to jump into that natural little pool.
Cuando 铆bamos subiendo hacia la cascada grande, vimos que por donde bajaba el agua hay un pozo, mucha gente sube s贸lo para lanzarse all铆 en esa piscinita natural.
Finally, after about 7 km of walking, we had our refreshing prize at this beautiful waterfall on El Aguacate hill, which must be about 10 meters high. I went in there with the clothes I was wearing, but on the way back it dried out completely.
Finalmente, luego de unos 7 Km de recorrido, tuvimos nuestro refrescante premio en esta bella cascada del cerro El Aguacate, que debe tener como unos 10 metros de altura. Entr茅 all铆 con la ropa que llevaba puesta, pero durante el camino de regreso se me sec贸 por completo.
So much for this adventure, I hope you liked the shots 馃槉.
Hasta aqu铆 esta aventura, espero les hayan gustado las tomas 馃槉.
All photos are my property and were taken with a Sony Cyber Shot digital camera / Todas las fotos son de mi propiedad y fueron hechas con una c谩mara digital Sony Cyber Shot