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Chapter 18: Hiking.

This time, I didn't pay for just half day in the hotel, I paid for a full day and hoping on Ryan to get across to me after his date today, any information about the apartment would be appreciated, don't think it's cool carrying stuff around in my car.
Leaving my vehicle at the hotel packing area, I decided to take a taxi that would take me to the outside area, the outside country. I would've really loved it had Ryan decided to join me on this, but anyways, everyone has their own plans accordingly to what they felt like they need.
On getting to an area which seems like a good fit to start, I paid the taxi Man off, then was about proceeding with my quest. Distance away, I could see a big bus, looks like a group of children who has also come to this area to enjoy the hiking on the mountain, with my backpack hanging behind my back, I tucked it by its handle, holding both hands on each handle before I proceeded.
Though this was the third time I would be going hiking in my life, the first two was when I was in college, it was fun going with friends, but this was the first time I'm going alone. It might be risky, something might happen and no one would be around to give you a hand, I know how dangerous hiking alone can be, but who said that I care about such thing?.
Using my tracking GPS machine, I was careful not to lose my path, my GPS was really a great help, I walked for about an hour already, then decided to grab some snacks, pulling one out of I don't know the counts left, I opened the lids and began chewing on them, my can water beside me. This is a quiet great environment, maybe I could just stick around longer, write few chapters before proceeding again.
Hearing a wood crack some distance away from me, I saw a boy, a boy who's around eight to ten in age, he seems to be in tears, eyes looking quite red like he has been crying, with his outfit and look, he's definitely here for hiking just as me.
“ Hello Sir..... Please have you seen any group of people who's also here for a hike, I happened to lose track of them when I fell through my mistake, twisting my feets, losing balance....”
He sound so comfortable, speaking like he wasn't afraid or panicking that he's just lost in a mountain, I can call it bravery or reckless. Even as an adult, the past me would be shaking in fear by now, having lost my path in the middle of nowhere.
“ You came with that bus group?....”
He was excited when I mentioned that, saying yes and coming closer with a wide grin on his face, such a small boy with an adventurous spirit. I looked at my laptop, oh no..... I think I can never get past the old me, always trying to work and work and work, not giving myself that fun that I was supposed to have.
Closing the laptop, I looked up at the boy with a smile on my face, “ Common.... I think I am killing the fun by working in the middle of my hiking....” I said, making a joke.
“ Exactly....”
He was outspoken like he wasn't a little kid standing before a stranger. Getting myself ready again, I gave him a snack from my backpack, taking another from there as we proceed, chewing on the snacks.
He was giving me this stare as we was walking up the mountain together, I knew he was watching, but whenever I turn and look at him, he looks away like I wasn't seeing exactly what he was doing. “ I can tell you've something in mind, just speak up....” I said to him, encouraging him to continue being that free outspoken kid that got me closing my laptop and continuing the hike.
“ Your arms are huge, they're big like the size of my head....”
I almost burst out of laughter by his confirmation, I can tell he wasn't joking, he was just speaking from what he thought, but that's definitely incorrect, my arms wasn't even the half size of his head. “ I can see that you're trying to laugh but hiding it in, you think I am joking, okay see for yourself.....”
He held my arm, bringing his head closer to my bicep, and measuring his head, just like I thought, his head was way bigger, but he just couldn't believe it because he possibly couldn't see the view from here. There's was a ringing, a phone ringing, I know that I never came here with my phone, just my laptop.
The boy whose name I don't know and haven't asked for brought out his phone from his pocket, “ it's my sister, she's probably calling to know where I am at....” 
He picked the call as he began speaking with his sister over the phone. Wow, this boy couldn't stop surprising me, he was holding a smart phone with him, yet he's lost and doesn't want to use his phone GPS.
“ Sir What's your name?....” he asked me, I was about to speak but he then handed the phone over to me, “ My sister wants to speak with you, she's asking for my whereabouts....” I didn't hesitate to take the phone and placed it on my ear.
“ Please where are you, I need to find you guys, I need to find my little brother please, I have been trying to reach out for a while now but have to use someone's power bank to boost my phone, please can you tell me where you're at?.....”
I actually don't know where we're at, thanks to the GPS machine in my hand, but how can I explain to her about latitude and longitude?.
“ Don't worry dear, we're on our way back.”

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