Thanks Merwyn Lobo for your response, Kilima njaro means shining mountain which is situated close to the border between Tanzania and Kenya. It is snow capped though it is quite close to the equator. It is highest mountain in Africa , 19340 feet above the sea level. When I saw it for the first time in 1960 from Moshi town I was in a state of shock and awe for there it was a huge block of ice hanging high up in the skies in all its majestic splendour. It is a sight that cannot be erased from my memory Here is another version. Mount Kilimanjaro till the second half of the nineteen century was part of the British Kenya colony Sometime during this period coronation of Kaiser ( emperor ) Frederick III of Germany took place. Apparently Queen Victoria asked her courtiers to bring a map of Kenya and drew a line around Mount Kilimanjaro and presented this area to Kaiser Frederick III as a coronation gift.. The reason :::Frederick III was married to Queen Victoria' s eldest daughter called Princess Royal Victoria. Thus Mount Kilimanjaro became part of the German colony of Tanganyika. Another E.African sight during colonial days that is deeply etched in my memory is Dar es Salaam's narrow entrance to the harbour. It was simply fascinating to watch huge mauve coloured Union Castle passenger liners sail in and out of the entrance which on one of its side was a public beach.
Antonio