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30 May, Monday borders, Kili

6/8/2011

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30 May, Monday  Nairobi to Tanzania 
 
It is a 2 hour scenic drive to the Tanzanian border where we go through customs and immigration procedure to leave Kenya and enter Tanzania. We do not encounter any problems and 1 ½ hours later we are back on the road. 

Willie takes a back road towards the Serengetti area where we find a bush camp with the hope that we will not be disturbed. By sunset we discover that we can see a snow-capped Kilimanjaro in the distance after she took her cloud-hat off – we are actually looking at the highest mountain in Africa and it is quite a wow experience, even though it is so far
away.

First glimpse of Kilimanjaro

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 From nowhere a young Massai man appears wearing his traditional
attire: robe, beads and stick. He is friendly, but cannot speak any English.
Hugo and Andrej, with lots of gestures, and laughing try to have a conversation
with him. He watches us and our activities for almost 2 hours before he finally
indicates that he is going to bed. It is hard for me to relax when my every move
is being watched, and I stayed on the other side of the vehicle until he
leaves.

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Hugo developed severe back-ache during the 8 hour trip on the
awful road from the Kenyan border to Marsabit. I tried to mobilize and
manipulate it, but sitting in the car for long hours would undo any change or
improvement. I felt bad for him, because his discomfort was obvious. I brought
my acupuncture needles and tonight was the night. After cleaning his back
thoroughly I stuck the needles in while being bombarded by Hugo-questions about
the why, how, what and where… the photos tell the story. I really hope this will
help.   

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    Caren

    "There is something about safari life that makes you forget all your sorrows and feel as if you had drunk half a bottle of champagne - bubbling over with heartfelt gratitude for being alive. One only feels really free when one can go in whatever direction one pleases over the plains, to get to the river at sundown and pitch one's camp, with the knowledge that one can fall asleep
    beneath other trees, with another view before one, the next night." -
     Karen Blixen - Out of Africa, Kenya
    'Of course as I am reading this, I know that you DO get your visas and the container DOES get released, but oh the internal struggle we face even though we should trust (as Hugo does) that God has His hands on all things and is constantly taking care of us.'


    From a Friend:
    :) Crazy to think that we are ALL made of blood, bone and water yet we speak in so many tongues that getting along together becomes a massive task within itself.

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