Yay! we finally got some walking in! We only did a leisurely 3 hours today and at a pace that can only be described as crawling - I'm sure we'll be grateful for that at the end and I can't believe that I even struggled a bit - I'm soo weak, I was happy to tag along at the back of the group. I really must shake this chest thing before we do any long days or get to altitude - I'm actually a bit worried whether I'm going to make it.
and lunch was waiting for us - gotta love that :-)
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| Rongai Gate - so clean... |
So we set of after lunch and get to the start of the trail where was a sign displaying the list of rules - rules 2 and 4 state that you shouldn't go above 3000m if you have a cold, flu or lung problems...oops! broken those already....
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The Rules |
As we hike up through forestry plantations we're soon covered in dust because this side of the mountain its bone dry, hard to believe that only a few hours earlier we were in a lush tropical setting.
On the route there are still some small farms, and its corn harvest time - we nearly got run down by some guys on motorbikes loaded up with their corn on the way to market!
Gradually the plantations gave way to natural cloud forest - we saw some baboons and colobus monkeys - one monkey even sat and posed for us!
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Colobus monkey |
Although we were going really slowly - 'pole pole' is the mantra - it wasn't too long before we got to camp. We've got a good setup at the top of the campsite and it appears there's only another 2 or 3 groups at the site - theres even proper toilet huts....luxury!
I'm sharing a tent with Heather - she's cool, I'm going to enjoy her company, she's so easy going.
Its a beautiful evening, warm and sunny, even Kilimanjaro has cleared so we can finally see it - it looks very big!
we get afternoon tea with popcorn which is very civilized and then dinner is at 6 so just time for a quick nap.
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| Campsite |
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| Heather by our tent |
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| Kili |
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