End of Day 3 - Pyramid Sound and Light Show So we last left off with a light and sound show at the Great Pyramids and dinner. It was really cool to see the pyramids at night and the light show was worth it; however, the sound part was about 30 minutes too long. It explained the pyramids and the Sphinx all over again but what are you going to do. The show started at 8:30 and went until 9:30. Then our guide took us to dinner at a restaurant downtown. One would think, no big deal, it’s down town. Well that was until it took us an hour and half to get there through traffic, and we ate our meal after 11 p.m. But Judy did continue to think we were going to be killed ... read more

Let the comedy of errors that become our vacations begin. This holiday is the 4Non-Blondes: Chester, Kirsten, Kirsten's mom Judy and Judy's sister Betty. Chester is the only one who has never colored her hair, so the name is quite appropriate. After 18 hours of travel, we all made it to the city of Cairo. Poor Judy had a target on her back or something. No one wanted to really deal with her and various airport employees in different countries would tell her to get in the other line, and then the next airport employee would direct her back to the same line or tell her to go the completely wrong way all together. As soon as we got out of airports, Judy was fine. Kirsten's travels were fine this time except for her drive from ... read more

Sights to Behold So you have see the animals, you have seen us having tons of fun, now a few pictures of some of the gorgeous scenery we saw along the way. But a little side note to follow up the trip. As we have previously mentions, one of our guides, Titus, had a bit of a crush on Lynn. Chester and I found the entire thing quite amusing and basically sat back and watched as he cornered her most days to have private conversations with her. During one of these conversations, Titus let Lynn know that he really like her fashion. This seemed a bit strange as Lynn mostly wore capri's and t-shirts. He followed it up with telling her that he liked the way her pants sat on her hips so he could see ... read more

Victoria Falls - Definately a Natural Wonder Our last stop was Victoria Falls. The falls are on the Zambizi River dividing Zimbabwe and Zambia. Our original plan was to stay in Zimbabwe, but as we arrived the day after the elections, all of the tour companies had rerouted everyonoe to the Zambia side as it was a little unstable in Zimbabwe. So everythign was full in Zambia and we had to spend our final nights in tents. Hence the scene of the last breakdown by Chester. But after seeing the falls, it was all worth it. As with any vacation with Kirsten, the goal is to try and do as many activities as possible in the days you have there. And it was our last few days in Africa we did just that. We only had ... read more

Everything but the Lion Trying to pass along the best pictures and as the highlight of our trip was seeing all of the animals. We saw every animal that we had hoped and some we didn't even know existed except the elusive Lion. But if we were not so lazy and had gotten up at 4AM we could have seen the lion at the watering hole in Etosha Namibia. But it was too cold and sleep sounded pretty good at that time. The pictures are just the big animals. There were birds and small animals of all kinds as well. But just too many to remember. It was like being at the zoo on steroids everyday. Made it hard to sleep on the bus sometimes.... read more