Constantia trail and Newlands Forest

As you might remember, I've written about "Constantia" before. It is not only one of the more luxurious areas in Cape Town, but above all known for its delicious wines. Our hiking trip started at Constantia valley and it was one of the most exciting and frightening hiking experiences I have ever made. By "our" I mean Yaba and me. Yaba is a volunteer from France - very athletic, friendly and social but organizing a hiking trip may not count to his leading abilities. I trusted him and as such didn't prepare properly myself (-> my fault ;(...) cause I thought he might have downloaded an offline map of the area and might have a clue where to go. Nope, DEAD LOSS! The first 30 to 40 minutes we're lovely, just a quiet and peaceful walk in midst of Tablet mountain National Park. But, as we moved on we lost orientation and Yaba had no clue where he was or where he wanted to go to. I wasn't scared at this point but we only had 1,5 hours left until it gets dark. Oo Ooooooh! "Hurry up", I thought. Anyways, I recognized the issue as a woman passed us on her way through the forests. She went for a walk with her dog and while talking to her I realized that Yaba had no clue at all. So, I kindly asked her for the way and she gave us a recommendation to go to "Newlands forest", which would mean that we still had a march of 7-8 km ahead. Remember: The upcoming darkness. FUCK! So, I got a little nervous and we were walking faster. Following the track for the first 5 km wasn't the problem but due to an imcomplete and bad signage system in this area we literally got lost amidst of the Kirstenbosch Garden area. And it got dark!!! Another "FUC*". I was prepared and put in a headlamp but wouldn't there have been two joggers passing by we would have been in trouble. They rescued us, so to say. Finally, we're made a trip of almost 10 km in 3-4 ours but we walked in the woods for pitch darkness the last hour. I was so scared, just wanted to be "home" and slip under my cozy covers. We're made it! I'm proud and besides the "lost stage" I enjoyed every step. But, honestly, I never wanna experience such shit again.