After breakfast we had prepared a small farewell for the porters and guides.
Sophie had also prepared a speech in swahili. Connie did the same in English. It was beautiful.
We wanted to thank them for their hard work, their kindness, help and ongoing smile; they never stopped smiling for a minute.
We had the pleasure, once again, to enjoy their singing and dancing....
I got the most beautiful present from one of the porters, a 19 years old kid (you can see him on the pic wearing a redist top and black woolly hat) to whom i had been chatting the day before in Kibo; he told me he wanted to go to school because the porters' job was killing him.
I burst into tears when he gave it to me and I kept crying for the 2 following hours.
These people are the kindest I have ever met in my entire life.
Clive was fab with me and gave me some wonderful support; thanks for that Clive, it meant a lot to me!!
We continued our descend (6 hours), passing the Mandara hut, down to the Marangu gate through the rain forest.
At Marangu gate you sign your name and details in a register.
This is also where successful climbers receive their summit certificates. Those climbers who reached Gillman's Point (5685m) are issued with green certificates and those who reached Uhuru Peak (5895m) receive gold certificates. Well, we actually received them at the celebration dinner back at the lodge.
We got back to the lodge to enjoy the first shower in 6 days...unfortunately it was not what I had imagined...it was cold water...
We had dinner at 8pm and my first glass of wine in over 2 months.
Sophie and Richard
Some of us had the privilege to enjoy Warren
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