Mt Kenya & Kilimanjaro 7 July to 5 August
Giraffe Manor
We got to hand feed them
Accommodation in Nairobi
Ready for Mt Kenya in our Land Cruiser
Graeme on the equator
Mt Kenya National Park - Sirimon Gate
We started with a road walk
With our guide Sammy
Old Moses Camp, the first night's accommodation
Looking back at Old Moses
It was a stunning landscape with an array of flora and fauna
Wendy and G
Eric, one of the awesome guides
DW
Eric having some fun
Cousin It?
The times we had to wait for Wendy to take photos haha!!
A glimpse of some big terrain to come
Mt Kenya is a truly spectacular mountain
Told you so non-believers
#sisters
Paula hiding behind a bush swigging gin
Chief Guide Sammy
The venue for the next Parawai cup?
Sunrise on Mt Kenya
Summit 4985m
World problems huh
Heading down
Stunning lakes and tarns on the way down
The awesome crew
Graeme being interviewed by school students
Chogoria Gate and Mt Kenya done!
Eric and DW
We did a three day safari and stayed at an eco-camp for a night
The merry wives of windsor
Was a lovely, serene spot
Up early for a walk around Lake Manyara
Flamingos and a local's dugout
Water Buffalo
We loved the day in the Ngorongororo Crater
Isn't she a beauty
The Kili Killers
The wildlife was mind blowing
Fred, Solar and Norton
We camped in tents for a night
Next day we visited Empakai Crater
Walking down to the crater
Then onto Mt Kilimanjaro #day1
Thanks for the cocaine Bad Jelly!!
Climbing above the clouds
Some steep climbing here and there
We camped in tents each night
Shira Caves
Someone didn't keep low enough
Two of the guides and DW (a try hard guide)
Just stunning
Pistol joined us after being sick...we were just being cautious!!
A ways to go
Happy 60th Pistol!!
Kenneth, one of the guides
Poor Omary all loaded up
Someone had to wear shorts!!
Chief guide John at back and Kenneth (L) and Omary (R)
White necked raven
You can see the climb the next day (known as the Barranco Wall, a 350m steep climb)
The beautiful Senecio Forrest
Pistol and DW
The porters sang and danced for us
Getting closer
Starting up the Barranco Wall
Omary
Clowns!!
Wendy and Paula (I photo-shopped out the two guys holding them in position)
Looking back at the previous nights camp
Almost at the top
The Kili Killers rock!!
Wendy reading up on the next days itinerary
Wendy starting losing her sole
G and Paula
The porters were amazing
Our last camp before summit day called Barafu.
Sunrise at Stella Point (5756m) after a 6 hour hard slog up hill (it was mild at -10)
The sun was warming and lifted spirits
Heading to the high point
Psycho Pistol
Rebmann Glacier and Mt Meru in background (2nd highest in Tanzania)
The high point Uhuru (5895m) #topofafrica
DW
Praying??
Down we go
Resting back at camp
We dropped 3000m from the summit...a 17 hour day in total
Our gear and some of the porters
Certificate time
We then flew to Zanzibar for some R&R
...and beer...and cocktails
...with the odd spirit thrown in
Fishing dhow's
Blood moon
The booze bill (wad?)
Spice tour on the way to Stone Town
Millipede
Wendy with her flower bling
Coconut palm climber
Paula drinking the result
Stone Town - capital of Zanzibar
Roof of our hotel
Port
Amazing architecture
Doors, doors and more doors
A brutal reminder of a terrible past
Slaves spent days, weeks and months here...many died
a stark monument to slavery
Freddy's house (he was born in Zanzibar)
We then flew to Zimbabwe
The Kingdom Hotel was beautiful
Cruising on the Zambezi River
2 hours of free piss ;-)
Even saw some elephants
The sunset is coming
...and it was magnificent
Walking tour of Victoria Falls
It was just mind blowing
Pistol in heavy spray
Zambia on the other side
We took a helicopter ride over the falls
A different perspective from above
Our hotel from the air (bottom) The Victoria Falls Hotel is at the top right
Paula and G went on the Hogswarts Express
G
The border between Zimbabwe and Zambia
A famous landmark
Victoria Hotel interior
and out back
Someone got obsessed with sun burst photos (erm sorry!!)
Nuff said
Wart tree
Lord and Lady Richardson
We found a boutique brewery and drank beer at 11am
We went over to Zambia to Livingston Island
The falls, looking over to Zimbabwe
We got to peer 108m over the edge
Then we sat in Angels Pool
...right on the edge
Bloody awesome experience
High team, churs!
Back to the brewery for our last day and some gin tasting (don't you love the gin grin)
Stop over in Doha (Qatar) on the way home
Was 39 degrees and rather hot
A modern, vibrant city
