Kikewela Caves to Mawenzie Tarn. This part of the route we seem to be walking away from Kibo.
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6.30 am, Jan packing up before breakfast
Note the green bowls with our 2 inches of warm water to wash in
Justin getting us organised
The porters start getting the tents down ready to go
The porters start getting the tents down ready to go
Breakfast being prepared
Porridge and a fruit platter
Getting the day bags sorted
Setting off
Setting off
Giant Senecas, unique to Kilimanjaro
Porters
Porters
Mawenzie
Katrien, she was really handy when it came to having someone to blame
Justin, chief guide
Giant Senecas with Mawenzie in the background
Giant Senecas with Mawenzie in the background
Mawenzie Tarn, The Rift Valley is down there somewhere
Everlasting Flowers, well five years supposedly
Mawenzie Tarn
Tea Break
Shira, Kibo in the background
Mawenzie in the background
Pole, Pole
Pole, Pole
Mawenzie with porter in the foreground
Mawenzie
Mawenzie
Campsite at Mawenzie Tarn
Clouds over The Rift Valley
I have no idea what they are
Shira, out for the aclimatising walk before supper
William, Graham and Nori
Gerald catches up with us
Gerald and Justin our entrepid guides
Kibo is behind tha clouds
Enjoying the view before returning to camp for supper
Better than the views in Scotland
Crispinson otherwise known as Florence
Nori, Katrien and Jan
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