Monthly Archives: August 2013

Instead they say “Welcome Again”. This is what the mountain probably wanted to say, when we flew extremely near by and had a last clear and perfect view to “him” 🙂 Mt. Kilimanjaro during sunset

While waiting at the Zanzibar Int’l Airport, checked through to Frankfurt it is time to see, how much money the local SIM saved us. According to the roaming cost of 0,79€ per 50kb = 15,80€ per 1MB our blogging endeavor … Continue reading →

While strong sun shine, went to the shade and prepared a best-off selection (139) Picasa album with captions (in German). Enjoy watching. https://picasaweb.google.com/101972095773266645354/Kilimanjaro2013?authkey=Gv1sRgCI_kub6G5fnBHw&noredirect=1 Location:Tanzania

Our hotel “Next Paradise” indeed deserves its name 🙂 Only disadvantage is, we have to share the pool with two other couples. Since we however prefer the Indic Ocean its all right now;-) Location:Tanzania

So far, we couldn’t tell how lucky the decision was, to skip a camp and climb the peak a day earlier. On our flight to Zanzibar, we could take a quick shot of the now snow white mountain. Indeed it … Continue reading →

At Kili Airport Location:Tanzania

Here are our traces up hill: 1. Machame Gate to Machame Camp http://www.runtastic.com/sport-sessions/100752763 2. Machame Camp to Shira Camp http://www.runtastic.com/sport-sessions/101543671 3. Shira Camp to Barranco Camp http://www.runtastic.com/sport-sessions/101544459 4. Barranco Camp to Barafu Camp http://www.runtastic.com/sport-sessions/101544577 5. Barafu Camp to Uhuru Peak … Continue reading →

As Sylvia assumed, we did not use our extra day for relaxation but visited a Maasai village. Good that we did it while having the opportunity. A Maasai warrior explained us everything Location:Tanzania

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Without them, no Uhuru Paek at all. Thanks to our porters. — posted from my iPhone Location:Tanzania