Here’s the aerial view of Mt Kilimanjaro (that I got,actually, on the way back home)….

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On the 23rd morning, we landed at Kilimanjaro (no, we couldn’t see the peak from the flight because of heavy clouds) and realized that the flight on which the rest of the family (who had just finished visiting the Pyramids in Egypt) would not come in until 2 pm. So we spent our time clicking happily…some of the common birds in the area were known to us, and others proved delectably new, and our guide, Huruma, was much amused!

Before I start on the birds post and bore everyone to death (I must confess, I have still downloaded only the first-day-of-the-trip’s photos!) here’s a very nice mission statement from this shop in Kilimanjaro Airport…once you have bought from them, they want to have nothing more to do with you!

Well, I am still in the process of downloading my pictures and sorting them out.. and I didn’t bargain for a lot of guests or a geyser that had leaked all over the bathroom to greet us as we walked in…but here’s a beginning!