Yesterday's road trip did not end after our long rough road to Arusha. When we arrived, our transport to base camp was there waiting with a jeep for our next leg- 1.5 hours via jeep track to base camp.
By the time we got to Arusha, we had our 3 new buddies who were also on our expedition (Bob, Larry and Richard), and we banded together and said we have to have a bite to eat. At 5;00 we hadn't eaten a thing all day.
After a quick bite and a jeep trip up to about 6500 ft, we got to camp, we served a nice hot meal, and headed to our tents-very nice. A couple of real beds, a room with a toilet. A room with a shower, and solar powered lights. Good for our first 2 nights.
The next morning we met the whole crew- 13 of us. We met our guide(Ben) and asst guide (Cobra) and had our briefing- there will be 63 porters plus 4 cooks, plus countless other support. Today we laid all our stuff out for inventory and weighing of our porter's bags (22 lbs limit) and a short warm up hike.
Hi Girls, Sounds lile a wonderful adventure every day. We are enjoying your stories & they are bringing back a lot of good memories to me.
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing a lilac brested roller & thought it was the most beautiful bird I had ever seen. Then you mentioned the masai tribe. I hope you will get to see one of their compounds. Their "home" is a dome shaped hut made of cow dung & acacia to hold it together. If you are "Lucky" you will be invited to enter it. Their the people who loved to get t-shirts given to them. Did you remember to bring any?
They would grab them from you if you weren't watching. Anxious for your next episode. Love you both. Mom & ET