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6th January 2017
Today I was able to wake up without an alarm clock at around 6h30. I managed to Skype Jamie for about an hour before breakfast, following our breakfast we went down to the hotel bar where we took a boat to see a pigmy tribe would live nearby. The boat ride took about an hour, […]
5th January 2017
Today we woke up early as usual at around 4 am, we first had breakfast before leaving our camp at 5h30 in one of our campsites vans with another 6 people from our group, and took a 2h bus on the bumpiest roads imaginable, with what felt like no suspension. We arrived half asleep at […]
4th January 2017
today was another early day, where we grabbed a light breakfast, before heading into the jungle which was next to our camp at 6:30 am, to try and see chimpanzees. We were first split into 3 groups of around 7 before heading along a slippery path in the jungle going up and down through the […]
3rd January 2017
Today we woke up slightly later at 5h30 for another long driving day. breakfast was pancakes, I had time to pack my tent and go to reception for a bit more internet, before getting back not he bus for a 9h drive to our next destination. Our first stop was to get Ugandan money and […]
2nd January 2017
Today we woke up at 4:30 and had to pack up all our tents, which was difficult considering how early it was. After doing all of that we went to the bus, where a sandwich station was made for us to prepare our pack lunch. We then had our breakfast at 5 am, where we […]
1st January 2017
Today I woke up at 6 am to go to the bathroom, so since it was too late to go back to bed, I rekindled the fire for a while, while using some wifi. Before breakfast, we all had to pack up our tents and help out the others, before putting all the equipment next […]
31st December 2016
Today we woke up early to grab breakfast at our hotel before our 8 am departure. at 8 am we were able to gaze upon the bus we would be spending the next 2 weeks in, and after helping load our baggage in, I was able to choose a pair of seats to myself at […]
30th December 2016
Today after finally waking up in a real bed, we went downstairs to grab breakfast and I managed to get one final delicious tomato soup, before going back to our rooms to finish packing my bags for the next leg of my journey. After my bags were packed, I headed downstairs to say goodbye to […]
29th December 2016
Today we were woken up by the sun around 6:50, before getting our bags ready for the final journey to Marangu gate. After our breakfast, we exited the mess tent to find all our porters waiting outside for us. After a few songs and dance from them and a quick speech from Sam, Dad thanked […]
28th December 2016
Today we woke up at 11 pm (on the 27th) to grab our “breakfast” aka biscuits and tea. We left at 11:40 on our way to the top, we were the second group to leave the camp for that night. We started walking through the valley, zigzagging our way up to make it easier, but […]