9 July 2023: Chemka Springs and Moshi

Today, we booked a day trip to the Chemka "hot" springs. Altezza put our departure at 7 a.m., but we pushed it back to 8 so we could have breakfast. It was nice to have normal eggs and pancakes again. When our driver showed up, even he said it was too early to go to the springs, so he took us on a "tour" of Moshi. This was basically driving in, a couple of building names, and a gift shop. It's ok though, we otherwise wouldn't have been able to get some stuff. Then we went to the springs. On the way, we saw Kili truly for the first time. It's truly incredible what we did. At the springs, they set up two folding chairs and a table, and a guy brought over two REAL inner tubes with a dozen patches on them. Some of the locals were using the rope to show off some really impressive tricks. So the water is not hot. Not even warm... about 82 degrees F, per my watch. It was a refreshing temp, but hardly soothing tired muscles. We started to have some flies biting us, as well as some spiders running across the surface, so we didn't stay and soak all that long. I should also mention the restrooms were squatty's, but with a bucket flush. Afterwards, we headed back to the hotel and had dinner there.

All in all, this was actually a cool day, and nice to chill a little bit before the overseas flights all started back. The springs were more of a local water hole, but with a few European teenager groups there as well. It was cool, glad we did it.