[slideshow] What a glorious sleep until 4:00am. I was having weird dreams and being at 4600m yesterday was causing a bit of restless breathing. I fell back to sleep until 6:00am when the ravens made such a racket, I got up. Breakfast was a wee bit later as toady is […]
[slideshow] I awoke at midnight, and it was beautiful and clear outside with a million twinkling stars in the night sky. It was very cold and you could see frost on e ground. The balance of the night it was only a light sleep and I was […]
[slideshow] I awoke before our ‘alarm’ (our waiter Ema bringing hot water for tea or coffee). What a pleasant way to start the day! Shortly a nice bowl of hot water for washing up is brought to our tents and we are then served breakfast in the dining tent. We […]
[slideshow] I was thrilled, I slept until 6:30am without waking! My first full nights sleep since leaving home. We packed up our bags and Livingston, our guides and porters (16 in total) were waiting for us on the bus. We boarded, with greetings of Jambo and we were off. […]
[slideshow] We are pumped as we are off to Tarangire on safari. Livingston (or Ziggy as John calls him) meets us at 6:30am. We pick up our breakfast boxes, meet our driver Justin and I comment ‘just like Justin Bieber?’. This gets a lovely giggle from Justin and we load […]
Stayed Tuned for details on our 2014 Snowshoe Fondue Tours Here’s a great video on a tour we did last January. http://youtu.be/1m7Hi0UgTqs
I arrive on time in Amsterdam and I look forward to meeting up with Jim. Shortly after arriving at the gate, i met up with Jim and we line up to go through gate security. I am happy as things are running very smoothly and on time. Just need to […]
[slideshow] I awoke early again today and rather than go back to sleep I felt compelled to get downstairs early to check my email. As I was enjoying a cup a coffee I was pleasantly surprised by the arrival of John Kariuki, Mumbi’s brother and our guide on Mt. Kenya […]
[slideshow] I awoke with a start at 5:30am with the fear that I had slept in! I was pleased when I realized I could sleep for another couple of hours. At 7:30am I got out of my very comfy bed, showered and went to the dining room to have a coffee […]
Well the day has finally arrived! I am at YVR airport patiently waiting for my flight to Seattle and then connect on to Amsterdam and finally to Kilimanjaro. Actual flying time is around 19 hours and will arrive at the Kilimanjaro airport Friday night at 8pm – all going well. […]
