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shibuisue: The sign at the beginning of our hike 2/6/2017.
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shibuisue: The entrance to the park and the registration for the hike.
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shibuisue: But first we sat for almost 2 hours while our porters sorted things out in the parking lot.
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shibuisue: The obligatory picture at the gate before we start.
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shibuisue: And we're off....
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shibuisue: and so are the porters with everyone's stuff.
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shibuisue: A fern tree.
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shibuisue: Tony and Lara one of our guides.
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shibuisue: Me taking pictures.
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shibuisue: Me taking more pictures.
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shibuisue: The rain forest. It was amazing!
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shibuisue: These people set up near us and had a luxury lunch with table and chairs with fake flowers while we sat on rocks and ate a box lunch. I wonder how much they paid for that?
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shibuisue: Must be nice!
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shibuisue: Machame Camp, our camp for the night.
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shibuisue: The summit of Kilimanjaro is almost always in view. This is from Machame Camp.
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shibuisue: Our tents at Machame Camp. Our home away from home for 6 nights. Yes it was wet from earlier rain.
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shibuisue: The office at Machame Camp. Everyone must register.
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shibuisue: Mount Meru was often in view from our hiking route.
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shibuisue: Day 2 starting out again.
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shibuisue: Traffic jam Kilimanjaro style.
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shibuisue: Meru in the clouds.
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shibuisue: Wildflowers.
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shibuisue: Porters carrying everything, usually on their shoulders or heads.
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shibuisue: Carsten and his daughter Rikke, my Danish hiking partners.
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shibuisue: Lara our guide and Tony my other hiking partner.
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shibuisue: A look at the trail in this area. Tony and Frankie on the left.
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shibuisue: The ravens continued to follow us looking for scraps of food.