Mount Elgon Day 5

My last day on the mountain begins at 7am. I join the guys by the fire eating porridge. They offer me some and I gladly accept. They've already put sugar in it and it's tasty and filling, better than my cereal, which I give them along with the rest of my powdered milk. I pack up my tent and we're on the trail by 8.30am. The trail is all in the forest. Most of it is gentle but there are a couple of super steep descents. We reach the Forest Exploration Camp around 11. The trek end here. We have some tea. I say goodby to Fred and Francis and give them a healthy tip. Even though they didn't talk to me much, they still did their part to make this a great trek. Fred came with me on the boda boda to the main road. From here we took a shared taxi back to Mbale. Fred went back to Budadiri and I went back to my hotel in Mbale that was holding the rest of my gear. I got my same football stadium size room and began cleaning everything. First my clothes, then myself and my pots and spork. It felt so refreshing to take a warm shower and wash all the gunk from the past 5 days off of me. It had been a challenging but a rewarding trek for me. The highlights being the view from the summit, the differnt types of forest and vegetation and the cave. I took a nap and then went to the internet cafe. I enjoyed the peace and serenity of the mountain very much and it's always an adjustment being back in town again.
In the evening I eat at Nurali's cafe below my hotel. The place is packed with single guys taking up all the 2 seater table. I join an Indian guy drinking a beer. He is from Punjab in India and likes it here very much. He has been here for 5 years. His English isn't great but we try to talk. He shares his meal with me and I share mine with him. I have a beer and he offers to buy another. I accept and am feeling quite buzzed after a litre of beer in under an hour. I haven't drank this much in a while. Singh offers to buy another beer but I can't handle another. He insists but I insist I will be sick if I drink another beer. I quickly floss and brush my teeth and pass out in bed at 10. The end of a long 5 days and now the end of writing about them. It's been a long 4 hours writing about Mount Elgon but I know those who are following the blog, officially or unofficially will enjoy and appreciate the time and effort I've put in. Tomorrow I will go to Sipi Falls, for a few days of camping and relaxing.