Arusha, Tanzania
We arrived into Kilimanjaro airport mid-afternoon. Our expedition company had a car
waiting for us. We embarked and drove the hour and half to Moshi.
 

Kilimanjaro airport
Security was no real concern at
this airport. No police were there
to stop photography.
In Ahmedabad, India (Jan 2000),
I had 6 men point automatic
weapons at me when I tried
to photograph the plane (dumb).
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The first place we stopped
(at the airport) was for
changing some US $ into
Tanzania TShillings (Tsh)

Conversion rate on this day
was 795 TSh to 1 USD
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Like most 3rd world country
airports, there is just a fairly
large building and a door. No
real security beyond an old
X-Ray machine and a couple
of guys hanging around with
automatic weapons. One guy
with an AK47 equals 32 guards
with wooden billy clubs (IMHO).
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Our quality transport from the
airport to the Springlands
Hotel in Moshi.
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Just outside the front door
of the airport. We waited for
our little bus here.
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An extremely large cactus looms ahead. Must have been
25' (7.7m) tall.
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On our way to Moshi, we pass
lots of little shops in Arusha.
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Even more than in India,
uneducated people still use
their heads for something...
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Although hard to see, Mt. Meru (~15,500' (4769 m)) loomed
before us on the road to Moshi.
I couldn't believe that this
bohemoth was 4000' feet
smaller than Kilimanjaro!
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