Being trapped on a compound doesn't do much for your physical (or mental) health, but every so often, early in the morning, they let us escape to hike the wall. The wall lines a mountain near our neighborhood and once we walk through the streets at the base of the mountain and get high enough that the smog blocks the view of our lovely locks, we can even take our chadars off and enjoy the freedom to its fullest! The wall is ancient, somewhere between 5 and 15 centuries old depending on who you ask, and provides for us a great workout and history lesson all in one. Enjoy the pictures...
A view of "Wall Mtn." from my classroom building. We hike along the wall up to the two bumps on the right.
A close up of the wall. We follow it or walk on top of it most of the way up the mountain.
At the top on our first climb: Esther, me and Becky (all teachers) and Dave and Jeremy (local pilots and necessary male chaperones)
The view from halfway up
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