Day 4 Shira 2 to Barranco camp via Lava tower We reached a altitude of 4650m today!! Woo! Minimal symptoms, just intermittent headache and having to control my breathing. Slow pace trek up hill and then we descended. Loose rocks and dirt, but the mountain is magical. The day seems so long ago, we left about 8.15am and had lunch around 12 I think and from then it was only a short trek to barranco camp, we arrived about 1.30pm. 14km today. I rested because I fe...

Not having Internet connection is liberating but also rather impractical at times. Anyway, I have returned from my 4 day safari into the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater, and Tanangire national parks. Summiting Kili feels quite long ago. I look back at the pictures and it just brings back the elation I had felt. When you get what you have worked hard for, it feels great. I wrote an entry each day I was at kili and so I will just copy and paste it onto my blog. ...

Moved to a more up class hotel today which was included in my kili tour. Springlands hotel is in the outskirts of Moshi and is completely isolated from the main town with its high walls and iron gate. Felt very westernised here and you can see its completely dominated by Zara Tours company, not to mention they exploit foreigners and their wads of USD. Had time to visit an orphanage close by, called Amani House with 45 children there. The kids were not shy to say...

Yay! Thought this would be a good idea, to blog my ideas and happenings and make it easier to share with you all. Day 3 today in Moshi. Severely sunburnt on the back of my neck (rookie mistake I know) and weary of locals badgering me and trying to rip me off! I'm going to keep this blog like a diary and try not to filter too much out. I've learnt my lesson not to trust people too easily, I basically dealt with someone (Justice) who posed as a tour company mana...