Meheba - The Biking

Mehaba is HUGE and consequently I was on a bike for a good portion of each day. I really enjoyed being so active and seeing so much of the backcountry paths. In my pictures you can see how overgrown the grasses were and how thin the paths were at times, but that just made it more interesting. Biking was always an adventure, whether you had to bike to the top of what seemed like a mountain or you were going over bumps and bumps for what seemed like miles.

On my very first biking trek, I saw a cobra. And I saw a few more after that. It was pretty crazy to see a big snake crossing the dirt road right in front of you and then to realize it was a cobra! The first one I saw reared its head up and hissed at us before proceeding into the bush. I saw many more snakes in Meheba than anywhere else, but the snake-sightings became less frequent during May because the community began to burn the fields that the snakes lived in, consequently, burning all the snakes. It sounds harsh, but after seeing one of the cobras in person, it sounds like a great idea to me! And that comes from a girl who hates killing even little bugs!

After my biking experiences in Meheba, I am looking forward to getting back on a road bike on a tarmac (paved) road back in the California foothills, but I will always remember the bumpy, dusty, sand pit trapped, snake infested, overgrown grass, crazy paths of Meheba.

xoxo