We woke up today with the intentions of getting ourselves as close to Dar Es Salaam as possible.  We ate delicious fruit, yogurt, muesli, and breads for breakfast and then proceeded…

            We woke up today to the sound of monkeys above our tented lodge.  What is neat about staying in tented lodges in Africa is that you get to hear…

                I am actually very sad that we have to leave Abdul and his village.  We took the “African luxury coach” at 9:30 in the morning from Arusha to Tanga.…

   I often wonder how people with so little can be so giving.  Five of the nine people on our Kilimanjaro team live in a small village called Kahe, about one hour outside of…

    The Sunrise from Jamaica Rock on our way to the summit.         The first lookout on Kilimanjaro,  Gilman’s Point.  The second lookout point, Stella point.        Uhuruu Peak, the…

We entered the third climatic zone of Kilimanjaro today, alpine desert.  Unlike the first two days, when we woke up at 7 for morning tea and washy-washy (warm water in a bucket for…

            We woke up to lots of rain… But I am still very excited to climb! Hopefully when we start hiking the clouds will break and we can see a clear view…

        This morning Kylie and I woke up with semi-dampened spirits. The weather had taken a turn for the worse and was cold and wet and miserable. My largest concern was whether…

           Right now I am sitting on a little shuttle bus in the city center of Nairobi waiting for 8am to roll around when we will leave for Arusha, Tanzania.  I can’t believe that…

Today was an early but beautiful day.  At 5am the electricity in the camp turns on, so we were up getting ready for our last game drive to begin at 6am.  We set out to…