I am sitting with coffee, watching the sun come up behind Mt Kilimanjaro. There are calls nearby of a rooster and also the squaking of hadada ibis birds - their call sounds like their name. It is time for peaceful reflections at the beginning of the trip. A few others are up and bringing coffee to their rooms as it is still a half hour to breakfast. There is gentle laughter from the nearby parking area where Michael is giving hula hoop lessons to some of the staff. Other staff give soft 'good morning' greetings as they pass by my room. The morning is slowly coming to life at Momella Lodge. This turns out to be one of the filming locations of Hatari, one of my guilty pleasures. The property was bought by Hardy Krueger, one of the actors in the 1963 John Wayne film, and opened to the public soon after. It is a comfortable, but certainly not a fancy place to begin two weeks in Africa. Hot water is intermittent and power is on only in the morning and evening when the generator runs, but the staff makes up for any shortcomings by friendly courtesy.
But you're online and accounted for and making me think that early morning rising has its benefits.
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