This morning I woke up at 6:30am in order to finish packing and try and locate my walking boots that neither Margaret, Arnold or myself could find last night. Margaret spoke to the dada and we managed to find the boots! Phew! Arnold dropped me to the airport this morning. It felt very strange leaving for Kilimanjaro without him as I had always planned to climb it with him, but duty calls, and business is important. My wait at the airport was longer than expected...

Good afternoon! On the way to the orphanage I passed by Said's house as I had some left over items which I gave to his daughter, she was really pleased with them. The girls at the orphanage all have short hair and so they could not use the brush or hair bands that I had bought them! Said gave me his male version of a ketenge which I can't remember the name of which was a nice gesture. Yesterday afternoon was an emotional time for me, saying goodbye to the child...