Day 8: Saturday 5th October 2019 10:45pm – Weru Weru River Lodge Packing this morning was quite difficult, it takes ages in the tent to think about what you need and what should be packed, not helped by the amount of stuff I have got. The group wanted to set off Read more…
Day 7: Friday 4th October 2019 4:20am – Millennium Camp @ 3,950m Just woken up to find one of my trainers is filled with water. Oh well, doesn’t matter because this is our last night camping and we will be having lunch at the Weru Weru River Lodge – a hotel Read more…
Day 6: Thursday 3rd October 2019 4:30pm – Barafu (base) Camp @ 4,673m Dinner last night was pasta spirals, a wholly vegetarian sauce, salad and fresh pineapple. Bedtime was 7:30pm with strict instructions that we would be woken up at 5am. Suffice to say I did not have a very good Read more…
Day 5: Wednesday 2nd October 2019 5:10pm – Barranco Camp @ 3,950m. Last night’s dinner did not disappoint. Courgette soup followed by a veg stew, rice and fresh French beans with orange segments for afters. I had a pretty nasty experience with a long drop toilet last night. I had Read more…
Day 4: Tuesday 1st October 2019 2:30pm – Shira Cave Camp @ 3,750m. (From now on there will be lots of reference to how many metres above sea level we are). We arrived at Machame Gate at 9:30am ish yesterday. The Gate (entrance to the National Park) is at 1,900m, Read more…
Day 2 & 3: Sunday 29th & Monday 30th September 2019 6:15am/4:15am UK time – Aishi Hotel, Moshi, Tanzania. What an eventful couple of days. This really has turned into a magical mystery tour. We boarded the flight on Saturday and this time it actually took off. It was a Read more…
Days 1 & 2: Saturday 28th / Sunday 29th 2019 1:05pm – Heathrow Departures I decided to get the National Express to Heathrow which turned out to be a really good idea. I didn’t fancy lugging my two rucksacks (1 x 18kg 1 x 6kg) across London on the Tube. The coach trip Read more…