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Africa is everything you imagine it to be- people in brightly colored fabrics walking through the dusty town carrying a large sack of something on their ...
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Mt. Kilimanjaro: 7 Day Trek
(Dec 27 '06)
The first part of this entry is meant to be useful information/suggestions for those planning to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro. There was not much useful information when Tovah and I were researching our ...
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Kilimanjaro, a volcanic mountain of tremendous proportions and diversity, rises up in solitary grandeur from the humid tropical rainforests of Tanzania, to a snowy, ...
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The first day of climbing was, weather wise, grey with a fine mist. We set off from the gate of the national park with our guide, Lissaro and two assistant ...
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Another weekend in Moshi
(Nov 18 '06)
Moshi again. The excuse this time: I needed to find an English-Swahili dictionary at the bookshop (sadly failed on that front as the bookshope closed at 12:30 by which time I had been distracted by ...
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The big mountain emerges!!
(Nov 12 '06)
The early bird...!
Made sure I was up bright and early and got my reward! I went to the hotel balcony and got my glimpse of Kilimajaro!! Beautiful pinkish hue in the first light of the ...
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I saw Kili!
(Dec 09 '06)
After being dropped off in Korogwe Jo and I stayed at the horrible Transit Hotel for one night. Actually its not that horrible, its just incredibly noisy, especially when there's a wedding reception ...
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Moral elitism is not leadership
(Aug 26 '07)
"To transform the buzz around Africa from American Idol to NPR, we need strong and patient leaders."
I wrote this update in
response to a series of postings on an email list for Stanford students in ...
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The Mountain
(Oct 06 '02)
It has been quite a week. After sitting in a land Rover and 'watching' we were very excited to be 'doing'. We said good bye to Omary and Eli , our cook, in arusha. They ...
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Chocolate and computers!
(Nov 11 '06)
Have escaped the mountains in search of chocolate as I have failed to find any in Usangi! Also need to look at resources on the internet to help my adult beginners at the pottery (but the chocolate ...
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Recent Blogs for Moshi
Kili lite
(Dec 30 '06)
Having decided that I was not going to climb Kili due to money, time and knee compassion I felt the need to hike ON the mountain, if not UP it.
I set out with my guide (my travelling companion had ...
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Tanzania - Kilimanjaro
(May 31 '06)
After harbouring thoughts of attempting to summit Kilimanjaro for
several months but always concluding that the season would be wrong I
was delighted to have been proven to be misinformed and ...
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Mt. kilimanjaro Climb
(Mar 14 '02)
For anyone wanting to cut to the chase - We made the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro on March 3rd about 7am. IT WAS WONDERFUL. For those wanting to know more details - stay tuned...Feb 21: We arrived ...
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