Wednesday, June 13, 2012

East Africa - Our Next Adventure

Tomorrow my girlfriend and I will be heading to East Africa for two weeks.  We plan to spend a couple days in Nairobi ('Nairobbery' as it's sometimes known, with its reputation for thefts, car jackings and con men) before heading out for a week's worth of travel across the Serengeti.

The pinnacle of the trip will be our attempt to summit Mount Kilimanjaro.  At 5895m this is the highest point on the entire Continent of Africa, and will be the highest and longest trek we've ever done.  Hopefully training and preparation will aide us on this trek and we'll make it to the summit before Altitude sickness stops us.

To say I'm both excited and anxious is an understatement.