Flying to Arusha, we went via Lusaka making it a 7 hour flight. We were in a big plane that was barely full, so it was a comfortable flight. The wait between flights in Nairobi was just long enough for a cup of coffee and a bun and then off again on a smaller (but not tiny) plane to Kilimanjaro airport. I was hoping to see Kilimanjaro from the plane but no luck as it was on the other side.

The road to Arusha is good tar but Very Dangerous. We came within a whisper of slamming into the back of a large truck with no lights or reflectors. Thank God for Tich whose sharp eyes saw something ahead. People pay no attention to solid white lines and overtake and push back in, willy nilly. Yikes.

We grabbed a bite to eat at Tony’s – a basic fish and chicken joint where the food is cooked outside over a braai and you wash your hands at a central urn that contains hot water and has a bottle of liquid soap attached to it. The only veg – braai’d bananas. All the tables are outside on a dusty little road where the cars park. People around us fed their scraps and bones to 2 stripey cats and 3 or 4 happy African hunters. All very laid back.

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