Roika Tarangire Tented Lodge
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Wir sind gut angekommen. Obwohl der Flug ruhig war, haben wir nicht geschlafen.
Kurz vor 6.00 Uhr konnten wir den Gipfel des Kilimanjaro über den Wolken vor einem glühend rotem Himmel sehen. Genial! Als wir wenig später gelandet sind und einen Blick auf die afrikanische Landschaft werfen konnten, ist mir glatt eine Träne über das Gesicht …
I don't like cricket...I love Terrorhawks...
... thinks all garages in Africa are called 'Lube Bay'.
Paula experienced her first 'crouching poo'.
Insitigated by Anand, a few of the guys kicked off a game of cricket on the dusty patch outside the bar.......as time went on Paula joined the frivolities and after some time elapsed Vikki looked over to see Paula climbing a tree barefoot to retrieve the ball that had got lodged up there, unfortunately without success, she did however come back with a number ...
Safari time
... were told the 9.30 flight to Arusha had not yet gone so things didn't look too promising!!! Finally the weather and the departure lounge started to clear. At 1pm we got in the air (only 1 1/2 hours late). The plane was a little 20 seater so we were glad to get to clearer skies a bit further into the flight. We did get good views though. I Arusha airport surprised us ...
The Trial Day
... out a bit. As we approached 4200m the headache got worse and 200m later Chris started feeling it as well. We stopped once again to get a sip of water and Konrad started whinging about why we kept stopping and starting. At this stage I got russian rage and shouted at him -" you can go to the top by yourself if you like and don't worry about waiting for us, but if I have a headache, I will stop ...
DON'T AFRAID THE MOUNTAIN -IT'S YOUR TIME TO CLIMB
... 8211; the orphans were so confident I would make it. They have been let down so much in life, so this was one thing I wanted them to be so confident and right about!
Thirdly - most people spend anywhere between 6mths to a year training for this climb, whereas I had only completed about 14hrs - and I am not joking. I had every intention to train – however I soon discovered living in an orphanage meant that idea went out the window.
Fourthly - ...
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