Ni ayahe magambo yasobanuye Kilimanjaro Ernest Hemingsway, ntabwo avuga neza kandi afite umujwi, ibintu byose nibyo rwose. Twagiye kuriyi ntambwe yihebye igihe kirekire, ariko ntitwashoboraga guhitamo. Nyamara, byagenze. Yaragurutse cyane kandi igihe kirekire, binyuze muri Dubai, kugeza igihe basangaga i Nairobi, ariko kandi inzira ntiyari hafi ya Moshi, uyu ni umujyi abantu bose bagiye mu bukangurambaga kuri Kilimanjaro. Twahisemo inzira yoroshye "coca-cola". Yamaze iminsi itanu. Ibyo kuvuga, ugomba kumenya neza ko ari akazi gakomeye kuruta imyidagaduro. Nibyo, iminsi ibiri yambere yari nziza kandi ishyuha, munsi ya celsius ya celsio, hejuru, ubukonje, kuri -10 kuri celius imwe. Witondere kugutwara ibintu bishyushye, ukinisha, inkweto zidahwitse, inkweto nziza cyangwa inkweto zifite ubunini, jyayo neza niba inkweto zizaba zifite ubunini 1, ndetse nibyiza cyane kugirango ukomane Amaguru menshi, kandi aho amaso yinyongera ntababaza. Rimwe na rimwe birakonje cyane. Fata uturindantoki ebyiri, kandi uturindantoki mwiza na mittens, kugirango dushyire hejuru ya gants, niko uzakiza amaboko yawe. Witondere! Imvura, igikapu gisinziriye, umutwe w'intara n'imyenda y'imbere. Twese twarafashe, dusoma iby'inararibonye, kandi twese twaje gukomera, murakoze kubantu bagiriwe inama.
Kuva ku munsi wa gatatu, uru rugendo rwari rumaze imirimo myinshi rutoroshye, birumvikana ko haratera urubura rwa shelegi mu misozi, amabuye adasanzwe, kandi izuba rirenga, ariko twari dutegereje, igihe uheruka Garuka mu mpeshyi. Imbuga zimwe ziragerageza cyane kandi ziremereye kugirango ucenge, ijambo ryo kuvuga, ntabwo bose bagera hejuru, ariko bageze, bishimira nk'abana. Umunsi wa gatanu wa gatanu uraza, turamanuka, twishimye! Yakiriye ibyemezo bijyanye no kwigarurira vertike, kandi yishimye, yatangiye gukira.
Bukeye bwaho, twategereje urugendo rwa Safari, twafashe iminsi ibiri mu kibaya cya Masai. Safari yadutangaje, twagize amahirwe kandi twabonye hafi eshanu mu buturo bwabo busanzwe. Gukingurwa mu nkambi nto, aho abaturage baho bahora baza bagerageza gukurura ikintu. Inyoni Marabou yaje, usekeje cyane, kandi yambaye mu mifuka y'umuntu, nijoro, agatsiko kaho, bamenaga imifuka hamwe n'imyanda. Abaturage bavuze ko bashobora no kwinjira mu nzovu, ariko inzovu ntiyagiye iwacu. Abaturage ba Masai bafite amabara menshi, baramurika, barashimishije kandi barakaze cyane. Ibitekerezo byabonye byinshi, ibyiyumvo nkibyo bagenda muri firime, no mumitako bidashoboka, ibintu byose birasa kandi bidasanzwe.
Twarangije urugendo rwacu hamwe nurugendo muri Zanzibar, ariko bite se ku mucanga? Gutura muri bungalow nto ku nkombe, kure cyane y'umujyi wa Kibuye, umurwa mukuru Zanzibar, ariko umwanya wa paradizo muri byose, umwimerere no kuruhuka. Ngaho twabonye ko twiyuhagira mu nyanja, dutekereza ku buzima bwa korali no gukurura ibiryo biryoshye mu buryo butagira imipaka ku mafaranga adashira imipaka ku mafaranga asekeje, ifunguro rya kabiri kuri $ 15. Kuva kera, kwibuka byinshi bizashyushya roho, kandi niyo ntera guterana gusura Tanzaniya, sinzabona inzozi zo kuzamuka kure.