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_0901LionYawn Is this lioness yawning from being tired or is she really hungry?	1999_0902BabyHippo Hippos in Ngorongoro Crater. The baby one trailing the mom is so cute...	1999_0902Flamingos Field of pink flamingos. Our driver startled them soon afterwards by revving the engine and they all flew away. I've never seen 100 flamingos simultaneously fly before.	1999_0902Hyena Ugly hyena by the side of the road	1999_0902OstrichChase Male ostrich with the red neck chasing another male after he tried hitting on his ostrich girlfriend babe. The females are actually pretty dull as they are just brown and grey without the colors of the male.	1999_0902Rhinos Endangered Black rhino with offspring. This was a treat as it was the only ones we saw the entire trip.
1999_0902Vultures Vulture flying in to join his posse on any fresh kill, but arrived a bit too late. Not even any leftovers for him.	1999_0902WildebeastFight Fighting wildebeasts duking it out.	1999_0902WildebeastsRoam Roaming wildebeasts in Ngorongoro Crater. There were literally thousands of them marching across the plain and quite a sight to see.	1999_0902Zebras Grazing zebras in the late afternoon sun	1999_0904Flower Flower by the side of the Aishi Hotel	1999_0905GiraffeFeeding Cindy feeding a giraffe at a Giraffe Park outside of Nairobi. Check out how long his tongue is!
1999_0905Warthog Warthog at the Giraffe park

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