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The Summit – Day 4 Kilimanjaro
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…
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The Alpine Desert – Day 3 Kilimanjaro
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…
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The Heather Moorland – Day 2 Kilimanjaro
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…
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The Forest Jungle – Day 1 Kilimanjaro
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…
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Ugali and Kilimanjaro’s Four Climatic Zones
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…
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To Narobi
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…
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The King of Africa
Last night I fell asleep the moment I laid my head down on my pillow. I guess red eye flights will do that to you… We woke up bright and early in the…
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Masai Mara
4 May 2015 Masai Mara safari Today was an incredible adventure. We stayed up all of last evening waiting at the Kigali airport to catch our flight to Nairobi at 3:30am. We arrived at…
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African Hymns
Andrew and I have noticed that people in Africa have a deep desire to love and serve God, despite having absolutely nothing. They care about two things, their families, and their God. As…
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The City of Thousand Hills – Kigali
Kylie’s post – deleted on accident again (Below: Andrew’s Post) We woke up to heavy rain this morning and to find Kylie’s waterproof layer was missing… and the rain was coming down in…