Kilimanjaro: Climbing and Camping on Day 3

Day 3 on Kilimanjaro was amazingly beautiful, incredibly windy, and phenomenally scenic. The two videos below are from the climb, and you can also see all of our pictures from Day 3 of the climb up Mount Kilimanjaro by clicking here.
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Video 1 of Day 3 on Kilimanjaro

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Video 2 of Day 3 on Kilimanjaro

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Kilimanjaro Climbing and Camping days 1 and 2

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You can watch our first two days of climbing the mountain (in our video summary below) and then you can see all of our pictures from our first day climbing Mount Kilimanjaro!
You can also see all of our pictures from Day 2 of the climbing Mount Kilimanjaro by clicking here.
Video 1 of our first two days on Mount Kilimanjaro!

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Africa – Safe and sound!

We’re in Africa! Jambo! (Hello in Swahili)
We made it safe and sound, flying on KLM Airlines, which we have absolutely come to love in the last 48 hours. All of our flights were on time, and the planes are amazing. More on that will come in another posting.
We spent our first day on safari in Arusha National Park. IT WAS INCREDIBLE!
Our hotel is amazing too! It’s the Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge. It’s more of a resort than a hotel, on a coffee plantation, with a golf course, and it backs right up to Arusha National Park!
We have pictures and video, of course (over 200 pictures from today alone), which we will be sharing on kilimanjaro2006.com.
One challenge… The Internet costs $5/hour at our hotel, and we’re completely out of range of email once we’re on the mountain (of course). We’re acutally leaving from our hotel at 7:30 A.M. tomorrow. So… this will be the last posting until July 5th.
Until then, if you’re worried, don’t be. Hakuna Matata, and send lots of positive thoughts our way. We look forward to sharing more our our travels with you then!

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Our Travel to Africa and first day on Safari

On these days (our travel across the ocean days), we awoke in New Jersey, and our friend Viliam Choma drove us from Spotswood to Newark Airport. We then flew across the Atlantic Ocean to Amsterdam. This filght was about 8 hours. We then had a five hour layover in Amsterdam, and took a 9 hour flight to Kilimanjaro airport, in Tanzania. The videos below show our travel to Africa, and our first day in Africa, when we went on safari, toured the coffee plantation (where our hotel was located), and had an otherwise marvelous day!
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You can watch our first day in Africa (in our video summary below, and then you can see all of our pictures from the travel, the safari, and our first day in Tanzania, Africa!
Safari/Africa Tour Video 1

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Safari/Africa Tour Video 2

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Safari/Africa Tour Video 3

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Safari/Africa Tour Video 4

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Safari video 1
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Here we go!

We leave in about 20 minutes for Africa! We are so very excited, and anxious, and nervous, but mostly VERY excited!
We had intended to get up more of our pictures, but simply didn’t have time. Rest assured, they are safe and will be posted when we get back.
Our goal is to have all of our pictures and video posted no later than July 30th, as we won’t even get back to Colorado until July 17th.
Between now and July 5th, we don’t know what kind of Internet access we’ll have, but we will do our best to keep everyone updated on our progress!
If you haven’t checked out Day 2 and Day 3 pictures and video yet, be sure to do that.
Thank-you to everyone for your support, and we look forward to seeing and talking with you all again soon!
Jonathan and Carrie

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Empire State Building Times Square Long Island NYC

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On day 9, we awoke in New Jersey, and rode the New Jersey transit from South Amboy to Penn Station in Manhattan. We went to the Empire State Building, Times Square, Long Island, took a boat ride, saw the statue of Liberty, ate Pakistani food, and saw the financial district at night.
You can watch day 9 (in our video summary below, and then you can see all of our pictures from day 9 here!

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Philadelphia New Jersey and Mamma Mia on Broadway

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On day 8, we awoke in New Jersey, and visited Philadelphia again, and then drove to our friends’ house, near South Amboy, New Jersey. From South Amboy, we took the New Jersey transit to Penn Station in Manhattan, where we caught one of those crazy NYC taxis to get to the show just in time!
You can watch day 8 (in our video summary below, and then you can see all of our pictures from day 8 here!

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Constitution Hall and driving over bridges in Delaware New Jersey and Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

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On day 7, we found ourselves driving through Delaware, staying in New Jersey, and visiting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where we saw Constitution Hall! We have some great tips for you for Philadelphia too, which we will have on our pictures page.
You can watch day 7 (in our video summary, and then you can see all of our pictures from day 7 here!

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Rental Car Woes, Delaware, and Philadelphia

So this morning we went to get our second rental car of the trip. Just so you know, they change an arm and two legs for you to do a one way rental because of the drop-off fee. Apparently, the cars all have to remain in the same state they’re registered in, and they have no way of getting the cars back to where they belong. Well, that’s what they’d have you believe. We left DC for Newark, we’re driving a car registered in New York. So, we’re the drop off service, but we get charged more to do their work. And, if you want to pay with a credit card that belongs to someone other than the person who will be the “primary driver”, they tack on extra fees for that too. Jeez, I’m beginning to really dislike rental car companies.
I have this rule that in order to say that I’ve been to a state, I have to spend the night there. Well, we ran into a problem with that rule.
Delaware.
It’s so small, and we’re over-nighting in all the surrounding states, so if I wanted to abide by my own rule, I would have to make a special trip out to Delaware sometime just to spend the night. Seems pretty silly to me. So, we tried to find something local and fun to do that would count as us having visited Delaware, thus bending the rule. We came across this Farmer’s Market that, according to the online description is “run by the Pennsylvania Dutch?. Well, that wasn’t really accurate. It was more of a flea-market than a farmer’s market, but we still went and had a good time. We also got to visit Wal-Mart in Delaware…not local, but still necessary.
We decided to check into our hotel first so we could unload all our bags. Once we got into Philadelphia, it was after 5, so the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall were both closed. But we still had a great time walking around the city. We walked down the Jewelry Row and had amazing Philly Cheesesteak sandwiches at a place called Pete’s Pizza (located between 3rd and 2nd on the same street as Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell). Our plan for tomorrow is to go to the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall early in the morning and try to beat the crowds. Then we’ll probably head back to Pete’s for some more great food! After that, we’ll head to NJ, where we will stay with one of our awesome sponsors, Mr. Viliam Choma

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Status – Where are you?

Where are you? Which continent?
We’re still in DC, but we are driving to Philadelphia tomorrow, and really looking forward to seeing Independence Hall, as well as the Liberty Bell!
Stay tuned for more pictures! Only 5 days until we leave for Africa!

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