Next was this big black crow-like looking bird. I think it was almost the size of a chicken.
And one more point to make... breakfast was just delicious. But a pity i didn't jot down what we had for breakfast...The morning trek was fantastic. It was a great experience passing through different kinds of vegetation along the way. And i would have to say that our porters were superhuman of some kind. With that heavy load on them, they could hop and bounce up the mountain leaving the three of us feeling like tortoises. It's like the story of the race between the hare and the tortoise except that in this case the 'hares' didn't seem to take any rest at all.
We took a break halfway at this interesting part of the forest. There were mosses hanging on the trees giving the area a surreal kind of mystical feeling. I could picture a scene in one of the fairy tales with this forest as a backdrop of some sort.
The progression from tropical rainforest to scrubland landscape was just amazing. Suddenly we found ourselves out of the 'forested' area into a scrubby highland where we could see some great views.
It wasn't long before something caught our sight. It was time for lunch and our porters had already set up a lunch table for us to have our meals.
A cool shot of a upcoming next big thing supermodel with the valleys
Some really nice flowers one gets to see along the trail.
Oh...my most favourite part of the day... LUNCH!!
After lunch, off we go again to our next campsite. We stopped along the way to get some shots.
Aik Keong and I overlooking the plains
super emo shot
A group shot of Happyson, Aik Keong, Heaven and me just a few hundred metres (or a few kilometers for that matter) away from the 2nd campsite.
One thing really important during the hike was to be slow and steady (swahili: pole pole) There's no use being fast as firstly, it just increases your risk of having altitude sickness and secondly, it increases lactic acid build-up. But somehow i did get this feeling that we were TOO pole pole for that matter. hAhA
We finally arrived at the 2nd campsite. The view was just fantastic (i seemed to have run out of vocabulary so please forgive me if its the n-th time you have seen this adjective). The campsite was situated at a plateau surrounded by breath-taking views. For a moment i felt so tiny in face of the majesty of God's creation.
The view of the peak from 2nd campsite
It was just amazing to have the entrance of our tents facing the snow-cap peak of Mt Kilimanjaro. It offered spectacular views of the mountain at different times of the day. It was indeed an experience to have quiet time reading the Bible, praying to God while having such amazing views around you at the same time. The star-filled skies in the night as backdrop was just amazingly beautiful beyond words can describe. As the psalmist proclaimed:
The view of the peak from 2nd campsite
It was just amazing to have the entrance of our tents facing the snow-cap peak of Mt Kilimanjaro. It offered spectacular views of the mountain at different times of the day. It was indeed an experience to have quiet time reading the Bible, praying to God while having such amazing views around you at the same time. The star-filled skies in the night as backdrop was just amazingly beautiful beyond words can describe. As the psalmist proclaimed:
The heavens are telling of the glory of God;
And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.
Day to day pours forth speech,
And night to night reveals knowledge
Psalm 19:1
Psalm 19:1
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