Day 8 Tuesday 15th September 2009 Johno says A complete day of resting up poolside in preparation for the great Mount Kilimanjaro, for which I have upmost respect for and would like to say that is one mother of a mountain! Please read on... it is just a walk in the park... right?! Evening was spent with a briefing from our Guide 'Emma' pronounced 'Eeem-ma' to make him not sound too much like a girl plus it was short for Emmanuel, he began to chat about what was...

Stacey says: Day 2 Wednesday 9th September 2009 Today we had our transfer by shuttle bus from Nairobi to Moshi to Tanzania, 9 hours!! was a rickety old bus on a rickety old road, there were a few locals on it, but we were at the back with a few Aussies and a nutty retired couple, Bill and Barbara from Kansas, good on them for taking the bus! but they helped the journey pass quickly. However the Aussie lady was telling us the last time she climbed a mountain s...

Day 1. Johno Says: We have successfully landed in Nairobi for our first stop amongst the chaos and smog, arrived at the hotel once we had battled through one hour of 7 lane traffic with cars that would make even Jon Bartlett's beaten up old VW Scirocco look decent enough to be on the road!! Now we are building up our energy for the next seven days which will see us take on a couple of game drives across the Serengeti National Park!! Bye for now