Amidst the Kaokoa National Park, a fleet of offroad vehicles traveled through the uneven dirt road surrounded by towering trees.
It was Theo, Aurora, and the others on their excursion through the wild forest!
The jeeps' engines roared loudly as they traveled rapidly through the forest.
Theo and the others felt the adrenaline coursing through their veins as they felt the car passing through the craziest places.
Here and there, they even saw some animals in the forest through the windows.
"Where did you learn to drive like that, Lara-san?" Aurora asked as she admired Lara's driving skills.
"Yeah, you look more like a rally race driver than a biologist, Lara-san!" Sam commented.
"Exactly! I feel like we are in a rally race!"
Lara giggled happily when she heard their compliment.
"As I wanted to study the fauna and flora of the Kaokoa Forest, I thought that becoming a guide here would be the perfect job. This way I could observe and study the forest while receiving a salary. But to become a guide here, all guides receive driving lessons specific to the type of terrain we find here. That's why all guides can drive here without many problems." Lara replied with a smile.
"Indeed, the others are following us without any problems." June commented as she looked behind and saw a line of jeeps following them.
"But being a guide doesn't affect your study?" Aurora asked.
"Not at all. My guide crew only works for the Avalon Hotel, and we only attend to a few exclusive clients. So, most of the time I'm free to explore and study the forest." Lara laughed.
They had a look of realization when they heard that.
They continued their talk until Lara declared that they were about to arrive in the valley.
Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard the guides saying that.
It didn't take too long before the jeeps drove a trail that passed through two huge ravines.
When the vehicles entered the valley, everyone felt the weather becoming colder and wetter. But the thing that drew most of their attention was the vegetation growing on the ravines.
Because of the two ravines, the valley should be darker as the light of the sun had little space to enter.
But, instead of being darker, the valley was beautifully illuminated!
The vegetation that grew in the ravines emitted a purple and red light that illuminated the entire valley!
They felt like they had just entered a fairy tale land.
The purple and red light illuminated the valley making it magical.
Theo and the others had excited faces when they saw this scene.
"So pretty!"
"This place is so amazing!"
"Oh, goddess!"
"..."
They all started talking excitedly about what they were seeing.
The jeeps drove slowly through the valley for a while until they stopped by a clearing.
As soon as the jeeps stopped, everyone couldn't wait to leave the cars to see the place without the jeeps troubling them.
And when they did it, they were even more amazed by the place.
"Okay, guys, we will walk through a short trail towards a pond located near here. There you'll be able to take all the pictures you want!" Lara announced.
Everyone nodded and followed the guide's instructions as they walked through the trail. And it didn't take long for them to arrive at the pond that Lara had talked about.
Without any surprises, when they arrived at the pond they understood why this place was a hotspot for them to take pictures.
The pond had 20 meters in diameter, a small pond, but the amazing thing about it was that the pond bed was filled with the same vegetation that covered the ravines!
With the transparent crystalline waters that formed the pond, it gave them the impression that the pond was shining with purple and red colors!
Shiny waters!
"Oh, my god!"
"Is that a magical pond?"
"Somebody pinches me, I think I'm dreaming..."
"Ouch!! Why did you punch me?"
"You said so!"
"I said pInch! Not pUnch! You idiot!"
"..."
Just like that, they talked loudly and with excitement about what they were seeing in front of them.
But it didn't take long for them to realize that they should be taking pictures and videos of this place!
They wanted to keep memories of the first magical pond of their lives!
Just like many can imagine for the next half an hour, they took so many pictures and videos that it seemed like they were in a professional photoshoot. That's because Aurora had brought Theo's professional camera, and the girls were taking advantage of the high-tech equipment.
They even took pictures with Lara and the guides and Nanth and the staff.
Shortly, they took so many pictures to remember this magical place and show it to others.
"Is it safe to swim in this pond?" One of them asked.
When Lara heard that, she shook her head as she said, "No, although these plants are not deadly against humans, they still can provoke adverse conditions like headaches, stomaches, and others."
Theo and others were a little bummed when they heard that, but they could only accept the harsh reality.
After they took all the pictures and videos they could take, the guides accompanied them back to the jeeps.
They had to continue on their journey, and not soon after they drove out of the valley.
But although they had left the valley, they would never forget what they saw in that valley.
They saw nature becoming magical once again!
They all had happy faces as they looked back to the valley, they wanted to burn what they saw into their memories.
Because of everything they were experiencing, they were really happy that they chose to visit the park on Ryoko and Kaori's last day with them.
They would be bummed out if the group was incomplete when they visited this magical forest.
Although their time together was short, everything they had experienced in the last 3 days was so amazing that it seemed like something out of a fairy tale.
And what better way to spend their last day than exploring a magical forest?
Just like that, the offroad vehicles followed the trails toward their next stop.
Their excursion was coming to an end, they knew.
There would be only two waterfalls left before they drove back to the outpost.
Not long after, they arrived next to a waterfall that they could see from afar.
The waterfall had around 50 meters in height.
Theo and the others didn't take much time before jumping into the water to enjoy the fresh water.
They wanted to enjoy their time there to its fullest!
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