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Day One: Machame Gate to Machame Camp Hike: 7 miles Altitude: 5, 380 feet – 9,350 feet It’s raining.   “Good luck,” says someone within earshot of my complaints.  Tell that to the bride, I [...]

Darryl met her on the corner of Flying Kites Road while I was exchanging dollars into shillings at the local bank.  She was dressed in a red and white checked skirt and navy blue sweater – a [...]

We’re here!  Africa.  Well, Kenya to start.  At first glance, it reminds me of India: abject poverty, haphazardly placed bundled garbage, potholes, unrecycled plastic, roaming goats, cows, and [...]

I’ve done this already.  Multiple times.  And yet, the mixed feelings inevitably come.  Kenya, Tanzania, and Mount Kilimanjaro loom large on my horizon, but I’m torn on leaving a very settled New [...]