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| Our first picture IN AFRICA! At our hotel in Moshi |
Well, after 22 hours of travel, I'm happy to report we are all safe and sound at our hotel in Moshi and enjoying a day of rest before we start up the mountain tomorrow. Everything has gone extremely smoothly so far. We met Dad in Amsterdam without trouble and our flights were all smooth and on-time. Our bags were waiting for us when we got here, and we were first in line for customs due to securing our visas before arrival. On that note, I'm so glad we took care of our visas before getting here! I would say 90% of the people on our flight did not per-purchase their visas, so the line to apply and receive one when you got there was about 2-hours long. Needless to say I was glad we didn't have to stand in that line!
We all slept well last night and had a meeting with our mountain guide at 10 a.m. He talked to use about our route, what to expect, how much to pack and also the different flora and fauna we'll encounter along the way. We will start our journey at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow by doing the 1-hour drive to Machame Gate and then hiking 18km (12 miles) to our first camp called Machame hut. We spent our afternoon today rearranging things from our base camp bags into our day packs and the duffel bags our porters will carry.
It's hard to believe this day is here! Our plan for tonight is to eat dinner and play a game of Scrabble around 8 p.m. and then head to bed early. I'll keep you posted on who wins at Scrabble, as it's sure to be a lively round.
Tomorrow we're off to begin realizing our dreams of reaching the "Roof of Africa"! Thanks so much for all your prayers and thoughts. Can't wait to share our adventure with you all in about 8 days!
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| We used Google+ with Mark in Edmonton-- he was the only one awake! |
You better have taken a Screw Crew coin!
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Corrected my gmail account. Hope you guys have a great and safe time.
ReplyDeleteHA! I just saw this comment :-) We didn't take a coin...BUT--we did make sure we had a sticker for the top! I'll definitely post that picture when we get to summit day. It's quite prominent in ALL of our summit pictures. I wonder how that happened?!
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