Packing for Indeterminate Amount of Time

We know the indeterminate amount of time is months and we know that we will mostly be in warm to hot climates (except for the mountain climbing). We decided to use our carry-on TravelPro luggage (a medium sized carry-on in the United States). I debated about the issue...

Tanzania Desperately Needs Modernization

Having been in Tanzania now for a month, and having been recently impacted by a particularly bad streak of circumstances, makes me wonder how this country can work its way out of the lack of modernization and unreliable resources. Tanzania is a hot tourist spot...

Check-In: How are we doing?

We’ve been in Tanzania about 3 weeks. It has been a busy 3 weeks – climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro and going on Safari. We’ve been in the north eastern part of Tanzania. Arusha is a town of about ½ million people and is very focused on tourism since it is the...

Climb to the Top!

One of our objectives here in Africa was to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro – a free standing volcanic (dormant) mountain in the northern part of Tanzania. It is 19, 341 feet high. Mike researched routes and guide companies and found Climb Kili to get us to the top. It is...

Adapting

We landed in Tanzania at Kilimanjaro Airport and although we felt prepared for the chaos of acquiring the Visa at the airport, getting Tanzanian shillings and dealing with the onslought of taxi drivers, you never know what curveballs you will encounter. We had...