Second day of school. Rees is feeling crook and went straight to bed after school. He says he’ll be right for the volcano hike tomorrow so I went and bought the tickets for the bus. The bus was to pick us up from where we are staying at 5am and it’s a 4hr hike up the volcano.
From my experience of hiking up Yosamite Falls I found that you have to be at your best physically and mentally, not so much to enjoy the hike, but not to wish for death every step of the way.
So the obvious thing was to go to the pub. I left Rees to stay in bed and headed out. Had a few beers at a couple of different bars and was thinking of heading home when I ran into a few people from Gay Camp. A crazy Jap dude, his French New Zealand girlfriend, a German and an Italian. All the Jap kept saying was, “You're an aussie, of course your having another beer”. After my fourth “Last Beer” and it nudging 1am I thought I better head home.