See you at the Top!

Its finally here!

I fly out to Nairobi at 2am tomorrow morning - am I excited? am I nervous?

no - I'm sick!

I'm currently lying here in bed trying to get as much rest as possible and shake a nasty chesty cough that came on, on Thursday - how did that happen?

After months of not getting sick, even though everybody I work with has had every germ known to man, why now?

The day I fly out!!

Have gone straight onto antibiotics - I'd be devastated if it went bronchial and I couldn't do the climb - after all my hard work it would be heartbreaking.

I've got 3 days to recover before we do any serious walking, so will take every opportunity to rest or sleep. I'll need to make sure I stay well hydrated on the flight and will take plenty of snacks - 'feed a cold starve a fever'

hmm...think a good curry is in order tonight at the turf bar and maybe no beer....or maybe the beer could be counted as 'medicinal'... ;-)

Once I get to Nairobi we're staying in a nice hotel, so I should get a good nights sleep there, then the following day its an 8 hour bus journey to the trail head - I seriously doubt I'll get any sleep bumping over african roads - although I have slept in some pretty strange places during my travels, so anything is possible! Then monday night we're staying in a lodge so I should be able to get some good rest there.

go the drugs! keeping my fingers crossed...

see you on the other side

:-)