At 8 o'clock in the morning, I spent 30 US dollars at the Nairobi bus station to buy a ticket to Moshi Town, Tanzania, and took the local bus. The whole journey took about 8 hours, and I would go through immigration formalities in Namanga, a small town on the border of Tanzania.
The Nairobi train station was already very busy in the morning. Yunluo changed into a T-shirt and shorts that were convenient for traveling, wore sneakers, and combed her ponytail, and strode towards a group of tall African men. She was surrounded in an instant, and a group of big bad wolves saw a little sheep. The shouts of "baby" and "Chinese girl" drowned Yunluo. Yunluo only remembered that Yunluo said "moshi" in a daze, and the box in her hand was dragged away! Before Yunluo could explain, someone pushed Yunluo's back enthusiastically and sent Yunluo to a car! Then Yunluo's luggage was tied to the roof of the car! Everything happened in less than 3 minutes. Well, Yunluo had already adapted to the fiery enthusiasm of the Kenyan people!
Sitting in the car, I took a deep breath and watched the wolves under the car slowly disperse. As soon as we turned the corner, the driver filled up the gas station in Kenya. It was really beautiful!
On the bus, everyone chose their seats in order. Yunluo arrived late and sat at the back. He originally thought that he would be traveling with a group of black brothers, but to his surprise, the passengers in the front were mostly from the United States.
The kind old man chatted with Yunluo intermittently. The old open-air train station under the blue sky and white clouds. The poverty of the Kenyan border can be seen at a glance. The only bus rest station along the whole journey. Every bus rest station stimulated Yunluo's shopping nerves.
A black guy selling cashews in the border town of Namanga, Tanzania. The cashews are so cheap that Yunluo almost cried! Can you guess how much they cost? Too cheap! So delicious! Almost free!
Later, Yunluo found out that it was not allowed to take photos here. At 4:30 pm, Yunluo arrived at his destination! A very famous local hotel. This hotel is well-known for its good accommodation conditions and high mountaineering prices. Yunluo always believes that when people are traveling, happiness is the most important thing. Money can always be earned again, so be nice to yourself.
As soon as you enter the gate. The front yard of the hotel is the backyard of the hotel, and the house on the left is the boss's office. There is a little story here! Although Tanzania is close to Kenya, the credit card fee is ridiculously high! The cost of climbing is nearly 2,000 US dollars. Yunluo certainly can't have enough cash. In order to save nearly 100 US dollars in fees, Yunluo can only go to the bank to withdraw cash.
Clean and bright indoor restaurant. Go out from the small door on the right, and you will find a beautiful bar, outdoor restaurant, and outdoor swimming pool. Yunluo's room. The room is not big. But it is very clean. The table is full of bottles and jars of the little woman. Take a good bath! Have dinner! Prepare for the next day's mountain climbing!
Actually, it was really nervous and exciting to go out so far alone. In the capital, Yunluo had been accustomed to being taken care of. He could only bully the dogs at home in Africa, which was their best skill, just because of the oath they made at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Yes, Africa is a place where you can't go anywhere without money. The enthusiastic African people will always wait there persistently after giving you help, waiting to get the fruits of their labor that they deserve. When they get the few dollars, they will blink their big sincere eyes and say to you sincerely: "Thank you!" At that time, Yunluo believed that every Chinese who knew Uncle Leifeng would question this different African culture, but Yunluo did not dislike it and even liked it a little. This naked and real expression of love is always better than the hypocrisy of smiling and calculating their own little calculations in their hearts, right?
Alone on the road, Yunluo admits that he is weak, but every day, Yunluo tries to make himself more adaptable and stronger. Yunluo tries to turn himself into a little animal on the prairie and really integrate into the most real life here.
When I first arrived at Moshi Town, the most annoying thing was that the whole Moshi was experiencing power outages every day! Power outages! Power outages!
Although the hotel provides emergency lights, it is really hard to get used to it when you first arrive! I went downstairs to have dinner in a good mood. Just when I looked at the menu, the power went out! Let's light candles! Just think of it as romance. Just when I was eating fruit, the power came back! But African people are always slow! So, when I was eating dinner, the power went out again! Yunluo was in the romantic dim candlelight, and she really regretted it. Why did Yunluo order a fish! ?
The power goes out when we eat! The power goes out when we take a shower at night! The dark, wet and slippery bathroom! It easily reminds Yunluo of all kinds of horror stories! The house number is 107. The second floor here is actually the first floor and the first floor is actually a restaurant. After breakfast, Yunluo is going to set off!
The pineapple that Yunluo loves so much! Mango! And the hot milk with light yellow milk skin! The mangoes here are really delicious! The big green mangoes are so sweet and ripe, they are naturally ripe after being exposed to the sun! In Beijing, you can only eat this in your dreams. The milk tastes good hot and cold! The milk with ice has a layer of butter particles floating on it! Damn it! This is what milk is!
Tanzania has stronger sunshine than Kenya. The temperature is higher and the fruits are different. The mangoes here are bigger and tastier. But I didn't see Kenya's passion fruit.
Su Yan, Su Yan Yunluo only knew that climbing the mountain was hard, but Yunluo never expected that after climbing the mountain, Yunluo would no longer look like a human being! Let's take another look at Yunluo! Yunluo is here! Kilimanjaro in countless dreams!
The sun in Tanzania was already very hot at 8 o'clock in the morning. The hotel driver drove Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo to the mountain gate. Yunluo's configuration for this trip was 1 guide, 1 waiter, 1 cook, 4 porters, 7 men who will eat and live with Yunluo on the highest peak in Africa for 5 nights and 6 days.
I think many people would be shocked by Yunluo's action. At least, before coming to Africa, Yunluo's friends all thought Yunluo was completely crazy! Bougainvillea blooming everywhere! Yunluo felt that she was really beautiful at this moment! Yunluo was a brave and brilliant Chinese! Yunluo loved the wild and beautiful black Africa! There were banana trees on both sides of the road! So this is what banana trees look like!
This is the famous Whiskey Route. Machameroute is one of the two routes that climbers often choose. It is said that the scenery along the way is the most beautiful among the several routes. The number of days for climbing is generally 6-7 days. Yunluo chose 6 days.
Kilimanjaro is the highest peak in Africa, with an altitude of 5,896 meters. The climbing process of the Machame route for several days is actually going up and down the mountain in circles, with the purpose of giving climbers a process to adapt to the altitude sickness. Starting from the mountain gate, it rises to an altitude of 3,000 meters, then rises to 3,800 meters, then climbs to 4,600 meters and then descends to 3,900 meters, then climbs to 4,900 meters, and finally reaches the summit at 5,896 meters. There is actually no technical difficulty in climbing Kilimanjaro. It just needs to fight against the altitude sickness. But for Yunluo, the scary thing is not the altitude sickness, but the cold!
The climbers who come here are mainly from Europe and the United States, with the majority being Americans. Therefore, the cost of climbing is high and is rising year by year. Looking around, I couldn't find any Asians with the same skin color as Yunluo. First sight: Kilimanjaro's porters.
When Yunluo first saw these porters, he just thought they were very strong. Each of them had two big bags! One on their backs and another on their heads!
Yunluo actually wanted to choose the 8-day Lemon Line, but he was short of money, so he could only choose the cheaper Macham. The tropical rain forest of Kilimanjaro, as soon as you enter the rain forest, there is no longer the heat outside the mountain gate. It is surrounded by green and humid air. Everything here is covered by dense tropical plants, and crisp bird calls can be heard from time to time. There are dense forests beside the narrow mountain road.
This is Yunluo's tour guide Frank. Strangely enough, when Yunluo saw him in the hotel at the foot of the mountain, she felt disgusted. Yunluo could not find any generosity in him. It was really strange! Yunluo hated him so much! Yunluo had never been so disgusted with a strange African. However, Yunluo had to spend several days with him.
On the first day in the mountains, Nalan Shiqi and Yunluo chatted casually. Yunluo told him enthusiastically that he loved Africa very much and was looking forward to seeing the sunrise on the top of Africa. He also wanted to go down the mountain and go to Mombasa to see the charming Indian Ocean.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
There are many kinds of green plants here, but few flowers. This is one of the few flowers. It looks a bit like osmanthus, very small, but without fragrance. This pink flower is the most common flower below 2,000 meters above sea level. The mountains are covered with lush vegetation. There is plenty of sunshine, rainfall, humidity, and the temperature is around 30 degrees all year round, which is very suitable for the reproduction of various broad-leaved plants. Look, the road up the mountain is really flat at first!
In order to reduce the weight, Yunluo only brought the most necessary warm things before going up the mountain, and only wore a T-shirt next to his skin, but he didn't expect to sweat so much! It seems that Yunluo must stink when he goes down the mountain. This T-shirt will be worn by Yunluo as underwear for 6 consecutive days! Oh! My God!
Let me introduce Yunluo's team. There are 8 people in the whole team including Yunluo. Frank is the guide and will accompany Yunluo from beginning to end every day.
This is Yunluo's waiter, who takes care of Yunluo's daily life, fetches water and serves meals for Yunluo, and cleans the restaurant tent and sleeping tent. He is a very honest man and seldom speaks. No matter what Yunluo says to him, he always smiles and nods and says "yes".
Look how cute he is when he smiles! Ha. This is Yunluo's cook. The person who prepares Yunluo's three meals a day speaks a little more English than the waiter. He can occasionally understand what Yunluo means. This is the person who cooks beef for Yunluo and cooks beef bones for himself. (To be continued...)