January 31, 2006: The Day before Climb

Pictures (From top: woman working in rice fields; children in Moshi; Colobus Monkey in forest; Ajay taking it all in; women on road to Moshi; rice fields)






Today was a day to get our bearings. After breakfast in the open air dining room in the center of the courtyard, we were led by a guide Emmanuel on a walk in a forest not far from Springlands Hotel. The end of the walk brought us out near the outskirts of Moshi. We didn't get to see much unfortunately other than the busy center shopping district where it seemed we were being guided into select tourist shops as well attracting the interest of every street hawker in the neighborhood. It was turning into late afternoon, we were feeling somewhat baked by the equatorial sun and were still pretty tired from our flight, so we retreated back to Springlands for lunch.