Yesterday morning at 6:41 AM our faithful guide, James, dragged us up to Uhuru peak, the tallest point in Africa. We now are proud holders of "gold" certificates, meaning that we have officially conquered Mount Kilimanjaro. It was NOT easy. We left Norfolk on the morning of August 25th, and were only in the air a few hours before our first problem. The weather in Atlanta had taken a turn for the worse, and we were being diverted to Augusta. We sat on the tarmac in Augusta for over an hour, watching the clock tick by as the departure time for our flight to Amsterdam drew closer. Thankfully, we made it to Atlanta in time for our connection, and, over 20 hours later, landed at Kilimanjaro airport near Arusha. However, one of our bags did NOT
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