This Kilimanjaro raven is eating a piece of chocolate which I dropped.







- then you need to attend guides' school for 2 years,
- then work as a cook for another 2 years.
- After that you need to work as an assistant guide for 2 yrs.
It is now you'd be allowed to sit on an exam for a chief guide. If you failed, you'd have to work as asst guide for another two years, after which you'd be given a second chance to take the exam. That would be your last chance. If you failed this time you could never be a chief guide.





This is how they used to announce there was hot water on the door steps for you to wash our hands. There was no running water to bathe, and we brushed our teeth with tea all the 5 days it took us to climb up and down Kilimanjaro.
The general rule for one's entourage is: 2 porters per person, one cook, one assistant cook, one guide. We were three and we had two guides. It is a must to tip your team, and most agencies warn their clients. The tips go like this:
- porter per day - 5-8 USD
- cook per day - 10 USD
- chief guide - 15-20 USD
- assistant guide - 10 USD.
As our chief guide Aloice put it: "It all comes from your heart. You can give as much as you wish, or as much as you can afford".
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