Day 8 – This morning I woke up at about 9am and felt so refreshed. It was so nice to have a good night sleep in a comfy bed after not sleeping well in the maasia village. Breakfast was at 9:30 so me and Monique went down for breakfast. It was a buffet style breakfast with toast, egg, fruits and cereal. I had scrambled egg on toast with some cereal and fruit.
After we went for breakfast we looked in the gift shop, I bought a couple things for my family to bring home. The rest of our group also bought a lot of things in the shop so the man was very happy. We later found out that the man hadn’t had any business for a month because it is the rainy season so he was very grateful for our group buying a lot. We then got told by Jo that we are staying another night at the hotel because a couple people from the group weren’t feeling to well.
So for the rest of the day me, Ellie and Kenzie chilled out in there room and balcony. I also called my family for about an hour as I haven’t spoken to them a lot whilst I have been away. We then had a nap and when we all woke up we realised that we could see Kilimanjaro from our hotel balcony, it was so beautiful and can see why they are so proud of it. We then watched the sun set behind Kilimanjaro, it was so beautiful and I’m so lucky I got to see that.
For lunch I had a chicken and cheese toastie with chips which was very nice. For dinner I had spaghetti bolognese which was so nice to have a meal that reminded me of home. We the went back to the room and went to bed to get another good sleep in the Maridadi hotel.