Spectacular kilmanjaro trek (27.12.2013)

7 days trip in Kilimanjaro.
We leave Nairobi for Moshi, we took a shuttle bus to Moshi, it takes 8 hrs to get to Moshi, in Arusha, a town between Namanga border and Moshi. From Namanga to Arusha it takes us about 3 hours then proceeds to Moshi. At this point we have a glimpse of Mt Kilimanjaro on the east side.
Day 1-Entrance via Marangu gate an altitude of 1860m. We hike through the dense semi tropical rain forest to Mandara hut 2744m (9000 ft).Day 2- Hike through the rugged superb landscape, few meters from Mandara we see a huge crater, hike to Horombo hut3761M(12,335FT),3 hours, which is a distance of 13km we acclimatized to zebra rock, Day 3-our hike to KIMBO4J32M(15520FT) It takes us 6 hours to get Kibo hut. Along the way we see spectacular mountain vegetation like giant cactus, ground wells and lobelia apian.
Day 3-we leave for the summit, Uhuru peak we pass through Gilman’s point 5681m (18630ft). From Gilman’s point, with every step you take there is snow all over, The next point is at Stella point at this point you can see the vast part of Moshi town. We take pictures here and then head to Uhuru peak, it is almost sunrise now. At 5.45 am we reached Uhuru peak (summit). It was golden grim since the sun was about to rise. Finally the sun was here at 5.57am, you could the golden sunrise in its beautiful view.
Then it takes e3 days to descent at the base we rest for a day