Kili appears!

Mt. Kilimanjaro finally shows itself.

Just a short note today as it is already late and 6:00am comes early. The big news in an otherwise fairly newsless day is that I finally saw Kilimanjaro today! I was watching the morning assembly in the courtyard, and just after it finished, I happened to notice the clouds parting in the north-western sky and then suddenly there it was, rocky, black, and looming in the entire corner of the sky. It’s not often that you see mountains like that spiking up almost their entire height at short range. Moshi is at just 800m, so Kili rises another 5100m from here. That’s a whole lotta rock up in your face. Looks amazing though, and I’m told that as the rains continue to fade and the cool season begins, I should be getting more viewing time.

I made a bee-line for home today after classes ended at 2:20pm. After satisfying an incredible hunger (hadn’t eaten since 7am), I took a rest and typed up a few blog entries. Nice to have a day where two or three hours weren’t wasted at a bar or café.

Anyway, bed time.