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February 8th 2008

Published: March 12th 2008

I thought about starting this one right from the time I landed in Tanzania. If I did, I could talk about how a thousand jumping, cheering, arm-waving people were at the airport to greet some politician guy...then piled into/onto cars & trucks and drove away while blasting Ludacris ("Move! Get out the way...") in a brutally-slow moving procession that blocked the whole road into town. I could tal... Read Full Entry

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Marc

Going Global

I left Chicago heading west in the beginning of April '07 and continued going west until March 1st, 2008 when I returned to Chicago having confirmed that the world is indeed round. The stops along the way - Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Nepal, India, and Tanzania. As of March, 2008, I retired my backpack and posted my final entry about this journey. All the entries are still there for your reading enjoyment. Remember, the entries are shown newest to oldest. Cheers! ---------------------------------------------------- Explore.Dream.Discover... ... full info

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Dad And Alfred Emerging From The Fog

On the way down on summit day.

Rain Forest Greenery

Rain Forest

Camelion

Sadly, he was too quick for me and he's out of focus.

Kili - Day 2

Chillin' At The Campsite

Kili And Sky - Day 3

Yeah...there are a lot of photos of the mountain, but when spending 6 days looking at it...I managed to take many photos of it. Also, the terrain we're walking through changed each day.

I Think They Claimed It Was A Vulture?

There were several of these dudes hanging around at times.

Kili Bird

No idea what kind.

Day 4 - Closer

Day 4 - Above The Bush Line

Pretty much just desert now

Nearby Peak

Naturally, I've forgotten the name. Only 5100m.

View From Summit

Window In The Sky

The view from the top...above one layer of clouds and below another. Somewhere over there the sun is rising.

Panorama From The Summit

12th March 2008

peterka
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Unknown peak pic 32
..is called Mwawenzi, Wisited it in 1976.

13th March 2008

Going Global
Marc

Thanks for the info on Mwawenzi
Peter - So you remember the name of the peak 32 years later, eh? Impressive. I managed to forget it in a month. Hmm...

13th March 2008

Nicole
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recommendation
I love reading your blog. I too returned from Nepal last October, having hiked the Everest route to EBC. Can you recommend a good company to use for climbing mt. kili? I'd really appreciate the info. Thank you! Nicole (san fran)

18th December 2009

Justin hubbard
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Your dad
Your dad is pretty much the freaking man.

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