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We made it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We all made it up all 19 340 feet of Mount Kilimanjaro. Not only did all five of us make it but everyone else in our group made it too. Aside from very sore muscles and some sunburn we are all doing well and fortunately none of us has been sick. Tomorrow we leave to go on Safari and then we spend some time volonteering in one of the local villages …
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First day in safari camping
After having packed everything for the great safari, we set sail for the Arusha National Park. Edwin, our driver and Sudi, our cook, guided us. The park is situated at the hills of Mt. Meru, some 4000m high, if I am not mistaken. The hills are mostly covered ...
Meru District Hospital
... I'll be able to organise travel with them.
The place was known as the Masai Cafe, which claimed to make 'the best pizza in Arusha'; now I haven't been anywhere else but it was pretty good (although I suspect they played down the chilli on their Maasai pizza so as not to upset the mzungu, much to my culinary disappointment).
PS. Mum I expect an advent calendar for February when I get home (or the whole months worth in advance).
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They call them Dalla Dalla
... ride, about two hours on a dirt road. We just wait on the side road till a good old Toyota van rolls up. Well we hopped on the first one. Bad choice- it was fast, which you would think was good. But this one was excessively fast. And the driver was excessively talkative, and excessively distracted. And I could hear the back right wheel rattling, and each time as the driver was motioning to his buddy a full 360 degree turn from his windshield where he was probably supposed to be ...
"If you see a lion, DON'T run or you WILL die!"
... road to get past and being issued with fines. There was another stunning sunset too, maybe the best one yet.
As we headed to our camp, the clouds thickened and a torrential downpour began when we reached our camp. A flash thunderstorm, hail, strong winds, the campsite soon turned into a sea of mud. Tents were blowing around in the wind and upside down. We waited in our vehicles for the rain to die down, wondering if we could spend the night sleeping in the minivan ...


