Mt Meru – Arusha
Moby | 12/9/2006Arrived in Arusha this evening, after another painfully slow bus ride. Couldnt see Kilimanjaro for clouds, but Mt Meru is right behind Arusha, and the clouds lifted at dusk. A really beautiful mountain, and the walk up is supposed to be awesome!
So even tho on my last day hiking I had some niggling knee pain.. knee twist/ACL sorta thing.. I think i will go ahead and do this. Much more exciting than going to Ngorongoro Crater to look at more animals.
Met a local who is a guide on Kili/Meru who was pimping for his hostel at the bus station. But we’ve been talking and hes helping me plan to do the Mt independent (still need a ranger etc..) but will save lots of cash. Even if I end up doing it solo, $250 instead of $400USD from an operator.
Makes you respect what we can for free/very cheap at home aye!
tues/12th After walking around town talking to hiking companies, my knee is feeling it. So it would be silly to head up a mountain. So off to Zanzibar tomorrow for some R&R, and a good few kilos of prawns!
