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After Kenya, we headed to Tanzania for one night in Arusha. The flight to Tanzania was fairly uneventful. On the flight, there was a small contingency of young frat-style guys with a ton of outdoor gear. They were clearly off to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro. David and I christened them “Kilimanjarheads”.

At the airport, we were met by Urassa - one of the drivers for our trip. We later learned that his real name is “Goodluck Urassa”. We figured that he went by the name of Urassa because he was tired of all the Americans being confused or making jokes about a name of Goodluck.... go on »

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We had a few very circuitous flights in Africa (to say the least). One of them was getting to Tanzania. We had to find flights that were cheap, get us to Arusha, and would get us miles. So to get us to Arusha, we flew overnight to London Heathrow, spent a few hours, then took a flight to Nairobi, Kenya. We spent two nights in Kenya - though we arrived so late and left so early in the morning that it felt like we were barely there. Also, we were so jet-lagged that we didn't really have much functional time.... go on »

Tags: Africa | Part Of A Month in Africa

Did David and I really go to Africa? Were we really gone for 3.5 weeks? It all feels like an ethereal dream at this point. ... go on »

Tags: Africa | Part Of A Month in Africa