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Day 4 – July 11, 2017 – Arusha to Kogatende, Serengeti

Our day started with a 5 am pickup for the 1.5 hour drive to the airport in Arusha, headed for the Serengeti. We arrived at the airport, which was little more than an airstrip. All of the planes on the field were tiny – no more than 15 passenger planes. We did not expect this, […]

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Day 3 – July 9, 2017 – Mt. Kilimanjaro

We were up early to pack our backpacks for our climb to the first base camp on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mandara Hut. There are many ways to climb, but we went up through the Marangu Gate. We rented sleeping bags and brought several layers with us, including down jackets, scarves and gloves, not really knowing how […]

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Day 2 – July 8, 2017 – Uganda to Kilimanjaro

Not much to write about! We left today for Kilimanjaro. Rested at our hotel and prepared for our climb on Sunday.

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Day 1 – July 7, 2017 – Mutungo, Uganda

Arrived last night around midnight. After a long wait at Entebbe Airport to get through customs and a harrowing and bumpy ride in the dark to Mutungo (no street lights or lights on the unfinished highway), I made it to the beautiful Lake Victoria Serena Hotel. After passing out around 1:30 am, I woke at […]

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Uganda: 13 Days & Counting

I leave for Uganda in 13 days; it’s hard to believe that all of the thinking, researching, planning and preparing is almost over. Now I am going to be DOING what I have thought about, researched and planned for so many months. I look forward to all that this trip will be, but I know […]

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