1 June, Wednesday Moshi
June…I remember when we started in January the end was not even in sight- it was so deeply tucked away under snow and an unknown filled with many questions, uncertainties, fears (for me at least), and now ¾ of the distance lies behind us. I can almost smell home!
June – no more teenagers – both Andrej and Hugo have their 20th birthdays, the 10th and
17th – on an unforgettable journey, in an unexpected place will they leave their teen years
behind!
Our next stop is Arusha where we have to go to the bank, fill up with gas and stock up on food supplies. The town is super busy: streets lined with activity, markets, business and people, but we slowly negotiate our way through the energy. We find a Shoprite – a South African grocery store. All of us are so excited and I find it interesting and humorous that a bottle of Mrs Ball’s
Chutney, Marmite, biltong and boerewors can cause so much enjoyment. We spend more money than we should have on little treats that make all of us happy– even Andrej who has heard and seen some of the products in our home during the last 4 years. The experience makes me realize how much we’ve missed home and the familiar things that are associated with it.
Our aim is to sleep in the Honey Badger Lodge campsite in Moshi which is another 1 to 1 ½ hour drive from Arusha. Most of the way there Kilimanjaro flirts with us – showing her snow p eaks and then hiding it in the clouds again. We stop to take pictures a few times, because we realize how fortunate we are to see her. Friends of ours have been around the mountain for
a few days and have not even had a glimpse of the top.
Honey Badger is secluded, clean with friendly staff – hot showers
and flushing toilets! The guys have asked for fries and I was not too excited
about the prospect of peeling mounds of potatoes, but with Andrej’s help we are
done quickly and fries in the bush is definitely a treat.
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June…I remember when we started in January the end was not even in sight- it was so deeply tucked away under snow and an unknown filled with many questions, uncertainties, fears (for me at least), and now ¾ of the distance lies behind us. I can almost smell home!
June – no more teenagers – both Andrej and Hugo have their 20th birthdays, the 10th and
17th – on an unforgettable journey, in an unexpected place will they leave their teen years
behind!
Our next stop is Arusha where we have to go to the bank, fill up with gas and stock up on food supplies. The town is super busy: streets lined with activity, markets, business and people, but we slowly negotiate our way through the energy. We find a Shoprite – a South African grocery store. All of us are so excited and I find it interesting and humorous that a bottle of Mrs Ball’s
Chutney, Marmite, biltong and boerewors can cause so much enjoyment. We spend more money than we should have on little treats that make all of us happy– even Andrej who has heard and seen some of the products in our home during the last 4 years. The experience makes me realize how much we’ve missed home and the familiar things that are associated with it.
Our aim is to sleep in the Honey Badger Lodge campsite in Moshi which is another 1 to 1 ½ hour drive from Arusha. Most of the way there Kilimanjaro flirts with us – showing her snow p eaks and then hiding it in the clouds again. We stop to take pictures a few times, because we realize how fortunate we are to see her. Friends of ours have been around the mountain for
a few days and have not even had a glimpse of the top.
Honey Badger is secluded, clean with friendly staff – hot showers
and flushing toilets! The guys have asked for fries and I was not too excited
about the prospect of peeling mounds of potatoes, but with Andrej’s help we are
done quickly and fries in the bush is definitely a treat.
Click Play for Pictures
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