March 10
We were up early eating breakfast and taking group pictures. The plan was to meet our transfer to the next leg of our journey at Shoprite in Arusha by 8:30 am. I emailed the travel agent in Capetown while we were in Malawi and asked her to remind the people involved in the next leg of our journey, that we will be in Arusha March 10. The plan was that the taxi driver would have our flight tickets for Zanzibar and informatioon about our climb up Mount Meru She emailed me a contact number and name of someone we could touch base with and Chris followed up with a phone call in Swahili. All seemed to be well planned. Yeah!!!!!
We arrived on time and the taxi was waiting. Our transfers needed for the next week were clearly listed and Hamis was our taxi driver. We said our goodbyes to the Intrepid Travellers and off we went to Moivaro Lodge to enjoy a bit of luxury. The Lodge seemed to be a base for people climbing Mount Meru and Kilimanjaro so they welcomed us with warm smiles even though we must have looked a little rough (like we hadn't seen a mirror in quite some time). We checked in, sat down to a delicious cup of coffee, showered and then began to research who we were climbing Mount Meru with. The hydro was out, so I couldn't refer to my email to get the phone number of the new contact person. The Lodge reception was extremely helpful and after several calls, she tracked down someone who could give us the information we needed. We took a taxi into Arusha to buy souveneers and touch base with the company we were climbing Mount Meru with.
By sunset we were back at the Lodge and sat down to a very nice pasta dinner. Next we unpacked once again and packed only light essentials for our climb. Everything else was stored safely at reception. We were excited to sleep in a bed, so retired early. Tomorrow we meet our climbing crew at 8:30 am.
Intrepid Travel Group
Chris, Kioko and Sam
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