Mount Meru - Kilimanjaro

	It has rained during the night. We didn’t worry about that in our dry tents. In the morning Kili is covered with snow, like a farewell present, especially for us. So at last it does exist – the snows on Kilimanjaro!
	The eating tent steams in the morning sun. We use it for the very last time at breakfast.
	Even the porters are in the mood to leave. An exhausting work of 6 days comes to an end. One daytrip left.
	Flora is becoming more various again.
	We descend into the forest zones and are happy that everything went on so well. We really enjoy the last hop though we all felt our feet – at least a bit.
	Another view to Mt. Meru widens up and makes us think back just some days.
	In the forest – ranked with lichens and moss – a lot of animals romp about. We discover a monkey but are not able to take a picture of him.
	We look back again and again to view the white cap of Kili.
	We remember the gigantic ferns from our ascent.
	Reaching Mweka Gate we pay our dips to our crew – the mood is perfect still and the successful trip is celebrated.
	The porters dance and sing the Kilimanjaro – song: Jambo, jambo bwana, Kilimanjaro, hakuna matata….
	Till that moment the mood was really great. Everybody was happy. But this changed immediately as soon as the chief of the agency sat down with the porters to pay out their fees. We recognized that he did not pay what he had promised to at all, sometimes starvation wages indeed. We were deeply affected, realizing that we unintentionally had supported a system of exploitation. We like to learn by that and therefore stress this topic specially. Our tips should give some advice what you can do as a mountaineer against such practices.

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Mount Meru, Kilimanjaro und Ngorongoro national park

Kilimanjaro - 6th hop: Mweka Camp - Mweka Gate