Ndi mawu ati omwe amafotokoza za Kilimanjar Ernest Heminguway, osanena bwino ndi voliyumu, zonse zili chimodzimodzi. Timapita ku gawo losimbika iyi kwa nthawi yayitali, koma sitinathe kusankha. Komabe, zidachitika. Anadzudzulidwa molimbika, ndipo kwa nthawi yayitali, kudzera ku Nairobi, komanso njira yake ili pafupi ndi ku Shi, iyi ndi mzinda womwe aliyense amapita kukachita msonkhano wa Kilimanjaro. Tinasankha njira yosavuta "Coca-Cola". Adatenga masiku asanu. Zoyenera kunena, muyenera kudziwitsatu kuti ndi ntchito yovuta kuposa zosangalatsa. Inde, masiku awiri oyamba anali okongola komanso ofunda, kadi katatu Celsius, wokwera kwambiri, wozizira, mpaka -10 yemweyo Celsius. Onetsetsani kuti mukutenga ndi inu zofunda, zonona zonona, magalasi owoneka bwino, pitani miyala yakuthwa, ikani nsapato zosachepera 1, komanso zimakhala bwino kwambiri kuti zigonjetse Miyendo yayikulu, ndipo malowo a masokosi owonjezera sapweteka. Nthawi zina kumakhala kozizira kwambiri. Tengani magolovesi awiri, komanso mabomba ndi ma vitedi abwino, kuti tiikepo pamwamba pa magolovesi, motero mudzasunga manja anu. Onetsetsani! Raincomoat, thumba logona, mutu wa mutu wa mitu yamiyala. Tonsefe tidazitenga, kuwerenga ndemanga za odziwa zambiri, ndipo tonse tidakumana ndi chidwi, zikomo kwa anthu omwe alangizidwa.
Kuyambira tsiku lachitatu, ulendowu udagwira kale ntchito yovuta kwambiri ya phirili, mbewu zowoneka bwino zam'mapiri, miyala yopanda matabwa - mbidzi, mbidzi, ndi zotumphukira, koma tinali tikudikirira Bwererani ku chilimwe. Masamba ena akuyesera molimbika komanso olemetsa kwa mawu oti, kuti anene, si onse omwe adafika pamwamba, koma omwe adafika, adakondwera ngati ana. Ndipo tsiku lodalitsika lachitatu lidabwera, tidatsika, tirikudya! Adalandira zikalata za kugonjetsedwa kwa ma vertics, ndipo achimwemwe, adayamba kuchira.
M'mawa mwake tinali kuyembekezera ulendo wopita ku Safari, tinatenga kagwaliro katatu tinachita chigwa cha Asai. Tinasangalala kwambiri, ndipo tinawona pafupifupi asanu okhala ndi chilengedwe. Wotsegulidwa mumsasa waung'ono, pomwe okhalako nthawi zonse amabwera ndikuyesera kukoka china chake. Mbalame marabou adabwera, zoseketsa, ndikukhala ndi matumba a winawake, ndipo usiku, gulu lankhondo la ndege, adatulutsa matumba ndi zinyalala pamsasapo. Akuluamkati anena kuti amathanso kulowa njovu, koma njovu sinapite kwa ife. Anthu azitsa ndiokongola kwambiri, ndi owala, ankhanza komanso ankhanza. Malingaliro ali ndi zambiri, kumverera koteroko kotero kuti akuyenda m'makanema, ndipo zokongoletsera zosakwanira, zonse zili zowala kwambiri komanso zachilendo.
Tinamaliza ulendo wathu ndiulendo wopita ku Zanzibar, koma bwanji popanda gombe? Kukhazikika mu bungulow pang'ono m'mphepete mwa nyanja, kutali ndi tawuni yamiyala, likulu la ku Wanibar, koma malo a Paradiso m'paradiso, akale komanso opumula. Kumeneku tinalandira kupumula kwathunthu kuchokera kunyanja, kusinkhasinkha moyo wathanthwe ndikutenga nsomba zotsekemera za kuchuluka kwa ndalama zoseketsa, chakudya chamadzulo cha mitundu iwiri iyi ya $ 15. Kwa nthawi yayitali, kukumbukiranso kumatha kutentha, ndipo ngakhale ndikadzakumanabe kukacheza ndi Tanzania, sindidzawona maloto oti ndiwuke kuchokera kutali.