East Africa - Mt. Kilimanjaro & Safari Trip

August 19 - September 7, 1999 (Kenya & Tanzania)
My college friend Amyn "Insane Husain to the Membrane" planned the trip, rounding up a group of 27 to explore East Africa. We spent a week climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa at 19,344 feet ASL. The air is really thin up there and is about a mile higher than I've ever been. Then we went on a 5 day safari through the major game reserves of Tanzania. Overall, one of the best and most interesting trips I've ever taken!
8/19-8/21: Saudi Arabian Airlines flight from Washington->New York->Jeddah, Saudi Arabia->Nairobi, Kenya
8/21: Nairobi City tour with personal guide Martin
8/22: Bus from Nairobi, Kenya to Moshi, Tanzania
8/23-8/29: 7 Day Trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro on the Machame-Mweka combination route
8/30-9/3: 5 Day Safari - Lake Manyara, Serengeti, Ngorongoro Crater
9/4: Visit Arusha, Tanzania, Bus back to Nairobi, Dinner at Carnivore with wild game meats!
9/5: Giraffe Park and outskirts of Nairobi adventure
9/6: Nairobi, shopping

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1999_0821HeadCrush Skull-crushing statue outside the National Museum of Kenya.	1999_0821NairobiDinner Dinner at Kony Pot Restaurant with Fulvia, Kristen, Aiko, Jyothi, Dave and Sabine	1999_0822Masai Local Masai tribesman and children alongside bus onroute from Nairobi to Moshi, Tanzania	1999_0823Kids Happy kids along the Machame-Mweka combination route on Day 1 of the 7 day Mt. Kilimanjaro trek.	1999_0823KiliTrekDay1 Howard and Cindy resting along the trail	1999_0824Breakfast Breakfast prepared by our cook. Our entourage included the 27 of us, 36 porters, 6 guides and a cook!
1999_0825KiliTrekkingGroup Our group photo. Thanks to Amyn for organizing the trip and getting all of us together.	1999_0826Daisies Daisies along the trail. The altitude was still favorable to plants and flowers to grow.	1999_0826Mt.Kilimanjaro Snow capped summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro which we will summit in 2 days...	1999_0828Mt.KiliGlacier Beautiful glacier field near the summit. We saw all different varieties of terrain during each day on the trek up. It ranged from green forested vegetation to weird cactus-like plants, to higher elevation plant-life to barren rocks to glaciers. Quite a scenic ascent!	1999_0828Mt.KiliSummit Day 6 of 7 and we finally hit the summit, the tallest point in Africa at 19,344 ft ASL! We got up at midnight to make the 7 hour trek to the summit. This was the hardest but most rewarding thing I've ever done in my life!	1999_0830BlueBalls Day 1 of the 5 day safari. I've never seen a monkey with such bright blue flourescent balls!
1999_0830Elephant Elephant taking a step in Lake Manyara National Park in Tanzania	1999_0830Elephants Elephant with child. Our Range Rover can only get so close to them without disturbing and scaring them away. The 70-300mm zoom lens definitely came in useful in such situations!	1999_0831Cheetah Cheetah waiting around and scoping out his dinner in the Serengeti. We waited for him to pounce for 15 minutes but I guess he just wasn't hungry enough.	1999_0901Giraffe Giraffe running in the wild Serengeti plains. They have a really awkward gait but is so impressive to watch such a large creature move in the wild. Definitely something you can't witness in a zoo.	1999_0901GiraffesZebras 2 giraffes yielding to a herd of zebras crossing in front of them.	1999_0901LionPride Lion pride where the lionesses are relaxing and basking in the sun

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