http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Africa , Tanzania , North , Mount Kilimanjaro en-us Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:08:04 +0000 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:08:04 +0000 Galloping Safaris Limited is your passport for a safari trip to Africa's Top Wildlife Countriesrdquo. As an established travel outfitter we offer an exciting portfolio of safari trips full of the adventure and splendor of Africa. We organize Tanzania safaris at an attractive and affordable rates as well as travel info to Tanzania. We arrange some of the most romantic and tropical beach holiday http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-434830.html What an experienceSorry for the ridiculously long blog... I promise it gets more exciting toward the end. As mentioned previously the four of us myself Doug Sarah and Jared had decided to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. We had talked about it in November of 2008 and had been training lots of hiking since then. Coming into the climb I felt like we were prepared and that we would succeed in our http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-429050.html No you're not on the passenger list. said the checkin guy stuck his bottom lip out and leaned back in his seat as if he was going back to sleep.Zanzibar airport desks are little more than corroding wooden desks set against the side of the road with scruffy faded signs advertising defunct plane companies and a chalk board to list the departures. The board had yesterdays date at the top. And http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-401375.html Hi allLast weekend a few of us took a day trip out to Machame village on the slopes of Kilimanjaro. We went with a guide who showed us all the local sights. The village is spread out and surrounded by rainforestbananna plantations. First of we went for a short 2hour trek into the forest where we saw 3 waterfalls and caves. We couldn't get to the big waterfall which you can swim in as it http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-392360.html Monday March 23 2009We left the school of preaching at 730 this morning. Kamarabi was our driver and he drove us to Moshi. That is about 40 miles maybe but it took us quite a while to get there. Around Arusha and Maji Ya Chai it's really green and tropical but just a little ways farther it turns into what you picture Africa as desert. We saw a lot of homes that didn't have windows doors http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-389346.html Kilimanjaro Machame Route Day 4 Friday 6th March I woke up on the morning of day 4 after a very good nightrsquos sleep much to my relief after the freezing cold night I had at Shira Caves. We were up early and the sky was very clear. We had a beautiful sight of the summit once again and so we took the opportunity to take our team photo all seven of us I had with me my guide Felex four http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-387881.html Kilimanjaro Machame Route Day 1 Tuesday 3rd MarchBreakfast was served from 6am so I was up and about around half five. The power had still not come on from the night before and so the head torch was out to do the final packing of my daypack. The majority of the morning was spent running around like a headless chicken trying to organise the rental gear and settle my bill form the plate of chi http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-386814.html Welcome back folksOur next adveture is Mombasa to Moshi base town for Kilimanjaro treks by bus and then to Mount Kilmanjaro. The bus journey was the ride of a lifetime The 1st 4 hours were nice and easy just a few stops by the Kenyan Police who had set up a toll in the middle of no where when suddenly the road ended and the next 4 hours were spent holding on for dear life dodging potholes and http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-369033.html Hitting the peak of Kilimanjaro is a shock a relief and an ecstatic rush all rolled into one.The orange horizon burned my eyes after hiking for 6 hours in the dark my fingers were frozen lips ripped apart from the wind and sand. My boots weighed ten times what they did when we set off 5 days before my head was throbbing from the thin air up here.But still it was amazing. Having trekked through http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-364874.html There she is. Standing firm through the thin blanket of clouds over the African planes a great big square chunk of rock dumped in the middle of Africa. Kilimanjaro viewed from my airplane window looks amazing.The cloud line is barely halfway up the slopes and she looks a barren lunar wasteland above with hardly any snow covering or vegetation.I'm going to climb that ME Am i sureSurely there http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-359589.html Hey EveryoneAfter 8 nights of camping temperatures ranging from 080 degrees no showers yes...we didn't shower for 8 days some minor vomiting occurrences and headaches we summitted Kilimanjaro on January 1st at 600 am as the sun rose over the mountain. It was truly amazing and the pictures will not due it justice butit is something we will never forget. The journey getting there was gr http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-359336.html After a bit of training a fair bit of heckling for sponsorship and a great deal of shopping for overpriced outdoors gear in Blacks it was finally time for me to set off for the Kilimanjaro trek.First of all apologies for the delay but uploading photos has taken ages. 3rd December The 9 of us doing the trek met at Heathrow terminal 4 the tatty one what a great exit to England and set off o http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-354065.html Day 4 The Invisible Enemy Begins His Assault Day 4 Video JournalI woke up on the fourth day with one thing on my mind I wanted to get from Cave 3 Camp to Kibo Camp without any major altitude issues. This meant that I needed to remain disciplined about my movements my breathing and most of all my sleep. I had a 4 to 5 hour hike ahead of me that would get us into Kibo camp by approximately 1PM http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-353923.html http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-353629.html Instead of sitting around drinking tea in a new city or lounging around on a beach this coming Eid I have decided to take on a challenging adventure that includes plenty of dangers and more than likely a headache or two. In midDecember the location and success or failure of the secret trip will be revealed... http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-349042.html Hectic DazeFor those back home sending emails of grief about my incredible lack of communicado you're about to feel very very bad... ah well please don't it's ok. We all know I have a slackness with responding to online requests. It's so impersonal I would much rather write a letter... not that I've had the time to do that either. But I have a pretty good reason to back up my slackness. And it http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-344733.html You can't live in Tanzania and not at least consider climbing the mountain that graces the labels of our beer water tourist tshirts and airline slogans Mt. Kilimanjaro. So I made the commitment and signed up to climb Kili during my October break from school. We cleverly planned for some days to catch up on sleep and relax between term 1 of school ending and our climb beginning. So on S http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-338368.html I have pretty much finished up my first week here in Tanzania. Today I will attend my firt home visit to one of my students houses he is unable to make it to school in the morning becasue of his disability. I do not know what to expectbut I know that I will gain much from this expereince and hopefully I can make a good impact on his life. At school yesterday I introduced my kids to a frisbee. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-337852.html JamboSo I arrived three days ago and have really been on the go ever since. CCS provides you with a lot of cultural understanding exercises and in formation sessions so that we can have a better understanding of the area. I have been out and about in the community a number of times and the people here mostly belonging to the chagga tribe a soo friendly. Not uncommon to be walking down the road http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-336922.html Mount KilimanjaroMost mornings or afternoons I'm blessed with the glacier views of Mount Kilimanjaro be it from my driveway outside the orphanage or walking back from the soccer pitch. During the day she tends to hide behind clouds everso shy like the most modest of women.At 5895 meters 19340 ft in elevation I was 13 the way up the mountain whilst based in the village of S today. An http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/North/Mount-Kilimanjaro/blog-335446.html