After an interesting taxi ride we finally arrived at the Kilimanjaro Mountain Resort hotel at 10.30pm. The road to the hotel is part dirt track and potholes that is coroding away with each rainfall. A very bumpy ride!
In the dark the hotel looks great as Simon said not as primitive as he thought, we had a beef sandwich with chips for dinner Simon had lamb casserole, basically needed to eat to take malaria tablet.
Slept for 8 hours solid, don't do that at home. Bed had a hard mattress so good for my back. In daylight the hotel is by no means a luxury hotel but it is clean, staff are polite, adequate food and a decent bar and pool. As it says in the advert, It does what it says on the tin. It's somewhere to sleep, eat and wash!
It was surprisingly cold last night and again this morning. Breakfast was an interesting choice, fried banana, eggs, samosas, porridge and rice crispies. Today is a day for R&R so we decide to do a little walk around the village, visit the Live Chagga Museum which is next to the hotel, which is a living museum dedicated to teaching people about the Chagga culture (the dominant people in the area) and then to the Kilasiya waterfall. Ethan would be impressed here as it is like being in Jurassic park, with big leafy tropical plants and banana trees. Not quite sure that I want to see what insects live in these surroundings though!
Although sunny and clammy down here, Mount Kilimanjaro is shrouded by cloud eluding us from our first full sight of her. I know you should not wish your life away but tomorrow can't come quick enough.....
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