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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 […]
27th December 2016
Today we were woken up as usual by our porters at 6:30 to get ready and have our breakfast. following breakfast, we headed off towards base camp, our last stop before the summit. We left at 8:10 am on our 8km trek. About halfway there we crossed the wreckage of a passenger plane, that […]
26th December 2016
Today I was woken up at 4am by the rain falling on our tent, and because it was raining so heavily I wasn’t able to go outside to pee until 30 mins later, when the rain finally calmed down. we got our wakeup call at 6:30 and I got to grab a few shots of […]
25th December 2016
Today we were woken up at 6:30 by our porters with a bowl of hot water to wash ourselves. We then proceeded to breakfast at 7 in the mess tent, where we had omelette and sausages along with our tea. after breakfast, since it was Christmas we opened our gift from mom, which ended […]