Saturday morning was a day planned for…hiking activities! I asked Francesco to come with me to the top of the mountain that dominates Kalongo. He agreed and, in the two days before the trip, every time a member of the staff was hearing about our Saturday plan, he/she was planning on joining too!

So, allegedly a group of two, we then became a team of thirteen people (some students, some people from the administration of the Hospital, some teachers from the nearby primary school)!!!

Alarm clock set at 6am (which is rather EARLY for me for a Saturday morning!)...

at 7am we were all on the path to the peak...

 and, slowly slowly...

, we finally made it in about two hours (this is the view of Kalongo from the top)...

“Someone” was tired (especially since it was my first hike after nearly five years!) and fell asleep...

…but then, all awake, we celebrated our little victory!