From Chris’ house we took another motorcycle, or moto, taxi to the village of Fume. It was awesome! Then we took a taxi up a long, bumpy road, to a high mountain town named Amedzope. It reminded me of the 4WD road into Moab last month. When we arrived, my dad and the taxi driver had a major disagreement about the price, which they had negotiated at the beginning. Luckily for us, the hotel manager was really nice and he acted as a mediator and translator, for the driver gave up on speaking English with us, or even looking directly at us. In the end, the driver left well paid from Dad's perspective but still quite angry. It was another reminder of the importance of clearly agreeing to a taxi fare before getting in the vehicle!
We were thoroughly disappointed with the hotel in Amedzope. Their web site had raised our expectations pretty high. We decided to head back down and go check out Mountain Paradise
Lodge, which we could see from the ridge top hotel. It turned out to be a very good choice. We like it here. Good views and much better feeling.
- Brook, with help from dad
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