Blue Mountains

13-14.06

And an other overnight bus!! After spending 12hours on the bus, I'm back to Sydney. Didn't stay long thought, jumped on the train for the Blue Mountains, situated west from Sydney. So after two more hours of traveling I'm finally at destination :)

I'm staying in Katoomba, one of the town around Blue Mountains National Park. It remind me a lot of the European mountain towns. 
The interesting thing in the Blue Mountains is that the towns are on top of the hills, which mean that when you go for a hike you start by going down the valley and finish by going back up. Some people don't like it because of that, having to climb back up at the end making it too challenging, but personally I don't mind it. I like better going up, feel less shock on the body than going down. 

For my first day here, I went to Echo Point where the famous Three Sisters rock formation is located. From there there is a hiking trail going along the cliff,the Prince Henry Cliff Walk, and some going down the valley. Not feeling like going for a big hike after my night in the bus, I opted for the cliff walk and enjoyed the view from up there.

View from Echo Point

Katoomba cascades

Katoomba Falls

Next day I took the train to Wentworth Falls, to go for a hike to the Wentworth falls.
It on the same side of the valley than Echo Point so the view from the top isn't much different, but the falls were impressive. 

Here they have three "level" of trail. One on top of the cilff, Under Cliff track, one half way down, National Pass, and one down in the valley, Wentworth Pass.
I choose to go one way with the one half way down and back using the top one. Wasn't interested on going all the way down, I like better the view from the top ;)

Then back to Katoomba, and I went to Echo Point to watch the sunset. It was nice, but it really hit my that yes, it's winter here, it's getting cold at night!! 
After a nice warm shower to warm me up, spend the evening by the fire at my hostel. Nice quiet evening with some good company, do I really have to leave in the morning??

Chales Darwin Walk

National Pass

Wentworth Falls

Echo Point