NBH-Hike 5 with Harry Potter

Some people have universal faces, the appeal is so familiar that you can immediately recognize them. When I saw Frido, a new NBH Hike-5 joinee, in a Table Tennis/Ping pong room for a the first time, I wondered where have I seen him?... somewhere for sure...he looks so familiar. But, it was Yao who resolved the conundrum during the fifth NBH Hike for me, that too in her first look. Girls have special sight, watta say? "Hey, you look like Harry Potter." Yao yelled and everybody nodded. "Well, you are not the only one who thinks so....almost all Chinese think of me as Harry Potter." admitted Frido as he was not bemused a bit. Frido indeed has a face resembling Harry Potter protagonist Daniel Radcliffe (You all can Judge for yourself) and the name Harry Potter would stick to him during each and every NBH Hike it attends henceforth.

Frido- The Harry Potter

I for one would like him to display his magical skills once in a while. It would indeed be nice to take us to newer and newer exotic locations that would make us awe with serendipity. He may heal our tiring legs after every 10-15kms so that we can hike longer distances. Prevent showers when NBH is at work. Create water fountains, chocolate buffets whenever the group get tired and may be make all of us fly on a single carpet so that we can have the splendid view of the beautiful Belgium, Europe and the World from the sky.

Woods in Belgium seem to have a pattern. I thought some part of forest was similar to the Tervuren park that NBH has visited previously. I mean at one spot there were around 8-9 paths meeting at a point when compared to the 13 in the Tervuren part. Also missing were the 3 characteristics stones in the Tervuren park. As we proceeded further we reached a point where for the first time during an NBH hike, we had to pave our own way and Amir lead us admirably. We all knew that we had to cross a rivulet (Belgians would call it a river) but had to take the path from the head high bushes, thorns and trees to locate the bridge. Later Johny and Marlene discovered the tick bites. But, we all are safe and sound and can aptly upgrade our status as "Natural Brave Hikers".

May be I will be missing the Waterloo reenactment Hike and I am sure you all gonna have fun out there. Catch you during the next Surprize Hike. Till then Copper (Cu)...