Peak Me?

Hello friends!

If we’re keeping things parasocial... :)

Merry Christmas. I hope you are surrounded by love no matter how it may look for you.

I meant to write as much as I could on this platform this year. Sadly, I didn’t. I won’t apologize, but I will try to do better next year, maybe, if you’ll have me. I also committed to a format, and this year I am carrying a lot of grief, both personally and because of the collective state of the world, which sometimes makes me want to live under a rock. But Earth is our home, and there is absolutely no room for despair. If you are doing what you can to make things better for all of us, especially the work that is difficult and unseen, I send my good energy to you. Thank you for making life bearable.

I’ll only include photos of work I’m proud of that I can show here. I survived another year of freelancing, yay for not giving up, and Alhamdulillah for the fact that my creativity can bring food and sustain me. I hope the same for you... (HIRE ME PLEASE). Sadly, I can’t share them yet, or if I can, it’ll be up to my sister (too dark XD).

I’ve always loved landscapes, and for the life of me, I hate hiking, but this was the most difficult hike I’ve ever done in my life. I’ve given up a lot of things in life, and I’ve seen through a lot of things, but this hike, dear reader, tested my fortitude. Fortunately, I came back with photos to show.

Here is Bondwa Peak, via Morogoro:

The Uluguru Mountains in eastern Tanzania form a north–south ridge rising to 2,630 metres. I went to Bondwa Peak, the second-highest point after Lupanga Peak, is located just 6.3 km from Morogoro town.

Where I started questioning myself…

The most annoying thing kept happening. Random people would tell me, “You are almost there, keep going.” It was always a lie.

If someone can tell me..what plant this is :). I would appreciate it..

Your view, when you get there.. The waterbody below is Mindu dam.

Your other view... I know the view is all that, but at this point I was just super grateful for my mind. I was grateful for pushing through even though my body kept saying not to. Sometimes grit is all you need to see your goals through.

I thought the flowers carpeting this area were gorgeous. Still, no one could tell me what they were.Could you tell me what they are please..

I begged our guide to wait for the clouds to clear up. I am really glad we stuck around. The sun lit the view really well. At some point I stopped photographing. I just wanted to take mental notes for myself. Screenshots for my brain. Dear reader, if you can, go see this for yourself.

Here is our Guide Kelvin :)

Morogoro as you descend the hike.. As you can see.. It took us forever to get to the base. I honestly couldn’t have it any other way. Rather do things slowly while noticing and studying everything around me than chase gym steps.. (IS THAT SHADE??)

Thank you so much for subscribing. I will work on sharing more next year. If you can respond to this post, it would mean a lot. If you do, maybe it will nudge me to conquer Mt. Kilimanjaro. It would encourage me to post more, or maybe I need a few brownie points before the end of the year.

Do enjoy your holidays, and if you are working, may all the ease be with you and be good to each other.