Year of the Mango: So naïve....
Year of the Mango: Looming peak on the drive to the Machame Gate
Year of the Mango: Machame Gate
Year of the Mango: Hiking times... little did we know it was all LIES!
Year of the Mango: We're going WHERE?!?
Year of the Mango: We're going THERE!!!
Year of the Mango: Day 1: Fresh and enthusiastic through the rainforest
Year of the Mango: Tuma in the lead
Year of the Mango: End of Day 1: Machame camp 3000m
Year of the Mango: Warm water washing bowls = clean hands & happiness
Year of the Mango: Also, hot beverages = happiness
Year of the Mango: Exploring Machame Camp
Year of the Mango: POPCORN!!!!
Year of the Mango: Day 2, ready to go!
Year of the Mango: Packing up campsite
Year of the Mango: Particularly poised porter
Year of the Mango: The slopes of Kilimanjaro
Year of the Mango: Moving into the heather and moorlands
Year of the Mango: Fancy wazungu on the western slopes
Year of the Mango: Following the ant trail up... up... up...
Year of the Mango: Intrepid explorer
Year of the Mango: Lunch halfway to Shira Caves
Year of the Mango: Here we go...
Year of the Mango: Under the waterfall
Year of the Mango: Amani, our fearless leader
Year of the Mango: What is this... the Hilton?!?
Year of the Mango: Help! Get me off the mountain!
Year of the Mango: Well, there goes that plan...
Year of the Mango: Mt. Meru in the distant west