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Here is finally an update and pictures from Kilimanjaro! An amazing trip to the roof of Africa. We were 8 people in our group, and about 25 porters, chefs and guides. We used 4 days to reach the top and two days down.

This is our first stop on the way. The first 3 days were not very hard as we had to walk very slowly to adapt to the altitude ase we were walking.

One of our porters.


Misje and Sunniva infront of zebra rock. We had one day of aclimatizing, that day we just walk around in the area around the huts we stayed in.

A collection of the trendy clothes we rented.

Here we are almost on the top. The last and hard part started from Kibo hut at around 4703M. amsl. We started at midnight and climbed for 5,5h up the steapest hill I've ever climbed, up to Gilmans point 5681m. amsl. On the way up two in our group had to throw up, and none of us were feeling very fit. But we reached Gilmans and the sun started to rise, and we all got a new boost of energy!

Ingrid and I at Gilmans point.

Marta found her Dads hat on one of our guids. Her parents climbed Kili last year.

The last bit from Gilmans to Uhuru!

Finally Uhuru peak!

The hole group at Uhuru! The highest point in Africa 5896m. amsl. We're all very happy and as tired as we've ever been! I was told I sounded drunk from some people I met on my way up. I just remember almost falling asleap on my walking stick on my way up.

Here is the hole crew, our last day back down. Our crew looked after us in every way possible! They even gave us popcorn everyday! All in all an amazing trip everyone should try if they get the oportunity!

Mawenzi peak at sunrise above the clouds!

Now it's time to show you our chicken adventure! Saturday we took some of our friends to the market, and we bought two live chicken! Walked with them through town, and took the bus home to start cooking!


Me and the chicken on the dala-dala! This roosters name is Kalle!

Ingrid has got them both under control!

Me, Ingrid, Kalle and Mrs Leach!



And so it was time for Kalle to die. No doubt that Eddie has done this before. No headless chicken running around, but they were shaking and moving their feet long after he cut the head of.

And we are waiting, which is something we are spending a lot of time doing here in Tanzania. This was supposed to be our lunch, but we didn't eat untill around 5pm, so we are pretty hungry by now!

Making ugali.

Jeg har en hoene aa plukke me deg!

Sam posing with Kalle

Mwalubadu our headchef, comedian and radioreporter! 
An increadbly fun and interesting day! Next time we're gonna buy a goat and have a barbeque!

This is our favourite place in Iringa! They call it the rock that speaks, and roumers has it that a german guy fell down from this rock.




We always bring our blanket and cookies! The other day we had a big adventure up here. When the rain started pouring down, we tried to hide under our blanket, two guys came and told us they knew about a cave, where we could hide from the rain. So we brought all our things and followed the two guys. The cave, we found out on our way down, was not exactly a cave, but more a big crack in the rock, that lead down to a stone we could stand on, having the big rock over us, giving a shelter from the rain. As slippery as it was, we were probably risking our lives, or atleast our legs, going down there. When we eventually got to the "cave" we were already soaking wet, and we still had to climb back up, which was a lot harder than getting down. After a long time we made it, exhausted, dity and wet!
Somehow we seem to always be getting into weired situations here.


From the rock you can see the whole town, and it's beautiful to watch the sunset from there!

Here we are teatching an old lady to walk with a walker, after an ancle fracture.


Here I am with two of our doctors. We were just about to enter the theater to vitness a caecarean. After only around two minutes of cutting and pulling the womb open, they pulled out a babygirl 3700g.


Ingrid and her little buddy! Balloons are always popular


This is one of our 80 years old low back pain ladies. Here we're teaching her an exercise, without using words!

This is our physiodepartment at the hospital. We have one physiotherapist, one ocupational therapist and one physio assistent. Two days a week, we are treating inpatients at the hospital, and three days a week we have outpatients, comming from the community around. We are also doing homevisits for some of our patients. We are enjoying our job alot. The swahili language is a challenge, but we are learning quickly, and on monday we are starting a course.




The treatment benches are not adjustable, so it's a challange finding a good working position. Very happy about our physioball!

This is our storage room for cruches and walkers. They were donated from some missionaries, and we can give them out for free when the pasient is leaving the hospital.

Bench for stroke patients, and a well used hot water bottle.

This is my beautiful bike with a basket! The town of Iringa is not very big, so with these two, we can easly get around! They have no gears, the breakes are not very good, the weels are kind of crooked, and riding on Tanzanias bumpy roads, it didn't take more than a few rides for three out of four screws holding the basket fall off. But we still love them!




Very happy about our bargain Sh 180000, for two!

This is the view from our house. Iringa is surronded by mountains, kind of like Bergen. The temperature varies from 20-30deg, and it's raining everyday. Today was the first day without rain.


This is the hotell that we have been staying at so far. Tomorrow we're moving into the house of our indian family. They have made a nice room for us. We're staying in the same street as all the judges, doctors and posh people as our Indian mom likes to put it. Before we eat our supper,(if we eat it at the family resteurant) we get a steeming hot cloth to wash our hands with, the waitor laughs at us every day as our physio hands are not made for that kind of treatment.  

11 of June was Bjørg Maries birthday, and I wanted to do something nice for her. So I called a local photographer, and booked a day with him. Lucky for us, he was a really nice man, and since we were volunteering at a babyhome, he said that he also wanted to contribute! So we got lots of nice pictures, and only had to pay for the prints. This was right after I asked God to help me find something special to do for Bjørg Marie. Amazing how God knows our hearts and what we like. And then out of His goodness He gives us what our heart desires. Here are some of the pictures!