I’m finally done packing (kinda)! The two most asked questions friends and family ask me are: 1. are you crazy? 2. what are you bringing? So, here’s what I got: Clothing North Face Summit Series Shell – Paclite Goretex shell; Windproof, waterproof, ultra lightweight. – Anyone who has traveled or gone hiking with me know [...]
1. Hotels from Netherlands, Kenya and Tanzania are finally all booked (and omg Nariobi, Kenya = 29% tax on hotel room? -_-; Also, expensive hotels are expensive) 2. Vaccinations (Yellow Fever, Typhoid) are good, no side effects to boot! 3. All that’s left is to pack …. and buy travel insurance. Except I’m going out [...]
… for this trip. 11 days till I’m off to Amsterdam, Nairobi and Kilimanjaro and I only have the hotel in Kilimanjaro booked. So I decided to do some reaserch tonight and realized that hotels in Nairobi are (alot) more expensive than I expected. So in frustration I turned to Twitter: me: Hotels in Kenya [...]
In less than a month I’ll be off to Kilimanjaro, boy time sure flies. I’m starting to get some pre trip jitters :X
…is probably how I would describe my planned journey over to Tanzania. Just look at this schedule! 23 December : Hong Kong to Amsterdam Depart 00:05 Arrive 05:45 24 December : Amsterdam to Nairobi Depart 10:20 Arrive 20:25 25 December : Nairobi to Kilimanjaro Depart 07:30 Arrive 08:30 I get a full day (29 HRS!) [...]
Wow so I was lying in bed and thinking “there’s (exactly) 4 months until I’m supposed to climb Kilimanjaro”. This line of though usually results in 1. Excitement 2. Panic (usually in that order) Recently, things were finally settled with our climbing operators. Guides and porters along with transportation and such will be handled by [...]
Just realized today that I haven’t started looking at necessary vaccinations for travel to Africa. I have found that many sites and/or people recommend getting vaccinated for Yellow Fever, Hepatitis, Meningococcal meningitis, Rabies, Typhoid and Malaria. I did get all the common childhood vaccines like Hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella and polio; actually [...]
So after some discussions with Adrian and a few emails with Kevin over at Ultimate Kilimanjaro, we’ve decided to stick with Ultimate’s 7-day Rongai trek up to the summit. All that’s left is to actually book the porters (yeah, I’ve been a little lazy on that one) and start getting all the gear (although I [...]
Wooooo! First post on my new blog! Nothing really to talk about yet, as I’m still in the process of planning my trip to Mt.Kilimanjaro~ I have a google group (sorry not open to the public atm) set up for my friends and I to discuss the many aspects of the trip (ie when to [...]