Monthly Archives: October 2013


Day 15 Kilimanjaro – Oct 10, 2013 Lake Maynara 1

                 [slideshow] Morning came early and shortly after 9:00am we were on our way to Arusha town and then on to Lake Manyara. First stop was a great little store where we made some souvenir purchases. John pointed out the perfect T-shirt for me that says ‘Shida Happens’ – you can […]


Day 11 Kilimanjaro – Oct 6, 2013 Barafu Hut 4600m 1

[slideshow]   I awoke to the sound of the ever present ravens, they are beautiful birds but man are they noisy! And do they love the campsites!!! The ravens here look very similar to ours with the exception of a collar of white feathers. We are not rushing again today […]


Day 10 Kilimanjaro – Oct 5, 2013 Karanga Camp 3939m 1

[slideshow] What a glorious sleep until 4:00am. I was having weird dreams and being at 4600m yesterday was causing a bit of restless breathing. I fell back to sleep until 6:00am when the ravens made such a racket, I got up. Breakfast was a wee bit later as toady is […]


Day 6 Kilimanjaro Safari – Tembos and Simbas – Oct 1, 2013 1

[slideshow] We are pumped as we are off to Tarangire on safari. Livingston (or Ziggy as John calls him) meets us at 6:30am. We pick up our breakfast boxes, meet our driver Justin and I comment ‘just like Justin Bieber?’. This gets a lovely giggle from Justin and we load […]