Back from Africa
Wednesday the 29th of May 2013 at 4:25 pm
Made it back from East Africa after 35+ hours travelling, door-to-door. I’m thinking we might have been able to schedule a flight...
Moshi market
Tuesday the 11th of June 2013 at 8:08 pm
While I was in Tanzania my friend and I had a couple of days before the trek up Kilimanjaro to do a little exploring. We decided to hire a local guide and go into Moshi town to check out the hustle and bustle, check out a market or two and generally see what the place was all about.
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Kilimanjaro trek, part two
Monday the 3rd of June 2013 at 8:15 pm
We decided to do the Marangu Route, otherwise known as the Coca-Cola Route. It’s a five day trek up and down the mountain, a timeframe that packs it all in pretty tight. Other routes typically take six days but also tend to be a little longer. The Marangu Route is about 70km round-trip with an altitude gain of about 1000 metres per day. I didn’t feel like it was a strenuous hike until the final ascent, mainly because we walked very slowly, or pole pole in Swahili. The point is to get to the summit, not run up the mountain so I was happy we took our time to get from camp to camp and allow our bodies to acclimatize properly while saving as much energy as possible for the last two days.
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Kili update 3: Summit
Saturday the 25th of May 2013 at 6:37 am
After three days of trekking, gaining 1000 metres of altitude each day, then starting the final ascent at midnight after only a few...
Kili Update 2
Sunday the 19th of May 2013 at 11:26 am
Well what a day we had today. We hired a local guide to take us to Moshi town and give us the real tour of the town. We went to three...
Kili Update 1
Saturday the 18th of May 2013 at 8:07 am
The wifi at the hotel has been on and off this morning but it looks like it’ working now so I’ll post a quick...
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