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Heading for Nairobi again we passed the equator again, I changed my Levis jacket for a nice ebony Rhino. My jacket was in a bad condition, I told the man I bought it in the USA, showed him it was made there. He got greedy at once and after some negotiation the Rhino was mine. The country changed rapidly, more hills and lots of banana trees around Nairobi, temperature was dropping somewhat too. I walked for some hours near Mt Kenya, time was too short to even think about reaching the summit. I enjoy life here, the people, the children, the animals, the food, the temperature; it has everything in it to become a major tourist attraction.

Africa wins again, traveling in Kenza and Tanyania - part. II.

Vandenankerrr
2005-11-25 13:32:50

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Heading for Nairobi again we passed the equator again, I changed my Levis jacket for a nice ebony Rhino. My jacket was in a bad condition, I told the man I bought it in the USA, showed him it was made there. He got greedy at once and after some negotiation the Rhino was mine. The country changed rapidly, more hills and lots of banana trees around Nairobi, temperature was dropping somewhat too. I walked for some hours near Mt Kenya, time was too short to even think about reaching the summit. I enjoy life here, the people, the children, the animals, the food, the temperature; it has everything in it to become a major tourist attraction.

Shortly after passing the border of Kenya lots of tea fields can be seen. People looked different; apparently Kenya is a lot richer than Tanzania. Now the touring around was coming to an end. The organized tour ended in Nairobi, I had to get back to Moshi or Arusha to get some arrangements made for the Kilimanjaro. The driver had to pick up the next group in Moshi and brought me to the YMCA there. A small office in the YMCA organized the Kili-tours. Together with three Belgium's we made a group of four and could start next day. We had to hire a guide too, government regulations, we had to hire porters and I'm the second one at the left side, one Dutchy in the Belgium team. At the highest hut, as high as the summit of the Mt Blanc in Europe, I sleep really badly. Can't eat well too at two in the morning as the climb starts. I make it to the summit, please don't ask me how. I felt so bad during the climb. Drinking is important, my water bottle was frozen and I couldn't drink for 10 hours. If it weren't that important at the time being for me, I would have turned back. The view was not "to kill" but marvelous, I could look down on the Mawenzi, with it's 5100 m also one above the five thousand range. A lot of ice inside the crater and stunning temperatures in this side of Africa.

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