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