Over the past two weeks I have covered nearly as much ground as my entire trip thus far. After getting my visa to India, I had a couple of extra weeks to either spend diving on the island of Zanzibar while Ian got his dive certification or I could take the opportunity to fly back to the States for a week replacing some of my things and visiting a few friends and family.. I took the second option and jumped on a twenty-one hour flight back to Atlanta, Georgia; ...

Leaving our overland group was hard for both Ian and I because we had become such good friends with many of them. However, we had to move on to our next adventure, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. This mountain stands at 19,340 feet and is the tallest mountain in Africa and the tallest free-standing mountain in the world. There are several routes by which we could have ascended to the summit, but four of our Australian friends that we had met on the overland truck...

Africa Travel 8 We have just come from the beautiful island of Zanzibar and the interesting city of Dar es Salaam, and have now just finished visiting the Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti Plains. However, as I write this blog I am torn because while I just had the most fantastic experience of my life, I am also sad because the overland portion of our trip is over and I had to leave the people I had been with for the past six weeks. Anyway, I would put my...

Africa Travel 7 After spending several days along the beaches of Lake Malawi, we headed into Tanzania where we spent a few more days along the beaches of Zanzibar Island and the beaches just South of Dar es Salaam. We first arrived in Dar es Salaam, which is the main city of Tanzania and has a population of 2.5 million people. It is a modern African city that has all the associated charm and problems. People from the rural areas continually flock to the ci...

Africa Travel 6 Crossing the Zambezi River, we headed from Zimbabwe into Zambia. Our travels through Zambia were not very eventful because we spent the majority of our time driving. However, the scenery began to change as we headed towards Malawi. The landscape grew much more green and small hills and mountains began to rise around us. It took us two days and three nights to drive through Zambia to Malawi. We spent the majority of the time trying to get to ...