Flight was 23 hours all told - decongested, kleenexed and nasal sprayed my way through 8 time zones. I'm feeling much better and believe I've got the cold licked......although Randy now has the sniffles. I started the malaria and diamox pills - no side effects thus far. Our guide "Liberty" met us at the airport - I cleverly hid the fact that I had a cold and spoke as un-nasally as possible, although the wads of Kleenex probably gave me away.
Now 2 days later we have settled in - we've slept quite a bit - I'm actually stiff from too much laying around. Nives, Fridjoff and I did some stretching exercises today to loosen up.
We walked through the town and visited the open market as well. Drinking tons of water and trying to stay sanitized - lots of purell. We are staying at the Bristol Cottages - rustic and quaint. Mosquito nets over the beds. Food is good and rooms are clean.
The first day here I walked around the corner from the hotel and there it was - Mount Kilimanjaro in all it's glory. IT'S HUGE.......grand and solitary as it stands alone.
We begin the climb on Monday.........................
To my wild and wonderful Aunt Cindy and Uncle Randy. My friends say I am interesting but you two definitely have me beat. Thanks to finaly getting connected to high speed last week I can enjoy some of your amazing adventure. Have fun.
ReplyDeleteWishing I was there, Love Chrissy B.