The next morning we observed a group of other travelers peeing and pooping into and next to the river we had been fallowing the whole day before the river which was obviously the major source of water to the village we had started our trek in. We all began to fume as one after another they would do this, what made it especially egregious was the fact that there was an outhouse maybe one hundred yards from the river. Eventually Eve was no longer able to hold herself back, she marched over to one of them and explained what it was they were doing and how horrible it was. Tim and I were both quite proud of her for having done something about it.
We then packed our things, ate our oatmeal, and left.
Being about 800 meters higher than the day before the temperature was much cooler and the soft breeze that ran through the valley was wonderfully refreshing. We soon reached the first Lake of our trek. Turquoise and green it was bordered in reads and a family of ducks made their way up it searching for food. We walked on for some time before reaching the end of the lake making our way up and over some rocks and around a large bend in the trail and we found ourselves at the second lake. It was large and completely Turquoise with white granite rocks forming much of the beach the sloping mountains surrounding it were covered in dark green foliage reminding me very much of home. We stopped and ate a bit before going on along its edge and then fallowed the elevated path of granite to its other end. On the far side of the lake there was a slope to climb up, on top of which we were granted our first view of the large step towards the pass. This vista was afforded over a large swamp strewn with streams, cows, and manure. After a bit of mud sinking and Eve fording a glacier fed river we were on our way up the first step. When all was over were ate an incredible meal of spaghetti and went to sleep.
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