Hiking to Blabrebu

It was my first time going hiking to Blabrebu with my mathematics teacher, Kip, and 10 other classmates. We spent about 2 hours driving a mini bus to the place where we started hiking. We set off to Blabrebu as soon as we arrived at about 10 am.

The hiking lasted for about 5 hours - not really hiking but some kind of climbing - to reach the cabin in which we were going to spend the night. Some places were very dangerous to go across. Normally, I would be very afraid but that day I was not; I wasn’t afraid of anything. Even though it was my first time I did it as well as the other people who were climbing or walking across the slippery rocks that day, carefully and safely. When we were hiking, I felt very excited because I could see beautiful views around me which I’d never seen before. When I was hiking, thoughts came to my mind. I wanted to know what the cabin would look like, whether it was going to be really cold and whether there was going to be snow.

5 hours hiking wasn’t really a long way to go (but it seemed long to me as I’d never been hiking before). Even though I was a bit tired I enjoyed it very much. We hiked across lots of mountains which began with a mountain with plenty of trees and then fewer and fewer until we reached a mountain which had no trees, but there was a lot of water and some bushes between the rocks. It was freezing cold but as we kept walking, we didn’t feel cold at all. I felt exhilarated and hoped to see the place we were going soon.

When we arrived at the cabin at around 3pm, we changed our clothes as soon as we had allocated rooms for everyone. It was nice and warm inside with 3 comfortable rooms. Then some of us started to make a fire, while some of us chatted and played games together. Not long after, a few people started to cook dinner because all of us were very hungry as we had walked such a long way. We had a very nice candle light dinner together in the living room.

After finishing dinner and cleaning, Kip had a game for all of us to play together. I don’t remember the game’s name. We used 2 small metal pigs to play and we had to take turn throwing the pigs onto the table and got scores as what those pigs reacted. It was a funny and enjoyable game. It didn’t take long to complete the game so we went to sleep early since we were very tired from hiking. When I was in my bed, I thought I really couldn’t believe that I was there. I felt it was just a dream; but no, it was real.

We got up at 5 am the next day, finished breakfast and were ready to start the journey again. We left the cabin at 5:30 am without our backpacks because we’d come back for lunch. It was still very dark but we had to walk across lots of small and big rocks and freezing cold water. Some of us had flash lights which made it easier for us to see where we should step. We hiked and climbed and walked. At around 7 am we reached the top of the mountain. The panoramic was absolutely fantastic. I couldn’t believe I was really there. It was my new world, a world I used to dream about. It was windy and started to drizzle but it didn’t cause any problems for us, even though the rocks started to become slippery it was still fine. As soon as we arrived at the cabin, we started to cook and finished lunch very soon after that.

After making sure that everything was clean and tidy as it was before we had come, we had to be ready to leave as soon as possible. At that time I really didn’t want to leave. If possible, I really wished I could stay there longer, but we had to come back since we had classes the following day. Each step I walked, I looked back at the cabin and I thought I’d come back here again because I really loved it. During the hike back, it was raining all the way. The rocks were very slippery; and most of us fell down on the ground and rocks lots of times. Even though it was cold and slippery, it didn’t take long to get back to our mini bus. All of us felt very tired and sleepy. When we arrived at the bus, we all got in quickly and started to relax. On the way back to the college, everyone fell asleep except me. I wanted to sleep as well but I couldn’t fall asleep so I just sat on the bus, waiting to arrive in my room, to lie on my bed. That evening I did nothing, I did not even have dinner, but I slept all evening and night. It was one of the best experiences in my life.