No Photos Today - we're getting ready for Kili. Last night, our driver had mentioned that the tour operator would be sending someone over to our hotel at 8am to meet us and to talk about the upcoming climb.  We weren't thrilled with the early morning wake up, but Mario got up early to meet with him (and let me recover).  However, we were even more annoyed when no one ever showed up!  This was the first of many frustrations with our tour operators.  We hung out in our room until mid-day, when we decided to just give up on them.  We had lunch in the Italian restaurant in the Impala Hotel (which also doubles for a Chinese restaurant).  The food was okay, but I was still not feeling up to eating much of anything. 

No Photos Today - we're getting ready for Kili. We awoke just before 8 am to "meet" with our guide today.  Turns out a no show again (they didn't give us a time this time though).  At just before 10 am, we called over to the Ranger Safari tour office.  We asked when they were coming - and they said in the evening.  We were shocked, as we were first told Monday morning, then Tuesday morning, now Tuesday night.  We were in need of equipment, and she said, no problem - we could pick them up on the way to the mountain.  We were very scared of this, as we needed some eq to survive (such as a heavy jacket, baclava, etc. for the 15-20 degree summit), not to mention a sleeping bag.  She was much nicer than the person yesterday, and said she'd call back.  She did call back, and said he would come over at 4:30 pm (as if that made a difference with regard to our equipment).  Frustrated, we just said ok and hoped for the best.