- 16 Sep Why is packing the last thing we do? 9/15/18 It seems like the most important items is always the last task.
- 17 Sep Butter pretzels, schnapps, Lauterbrunnen I woke up in a zombie state from the damn sleeping pills. This is why I don’t take them.
- 17 Sep Let the holiday commence! 9/16/18 Woke up at 5:30 thinking of all the shit I need to do in several hours.
- 19 Sep Here's to the libation that enables glutony All 5 of us slept like crap last night. Maybe it was the dorm we were sleeping in. Beds touching.
- 19 Sep Hey GoPro, Take a picture Andy was happy to wake us up at 7am since he was awake for the last 4 hours.
- 21 Sep Africa!! No sleep, up at the ass crack of dawn to get to Zurich. Andy drove like a pro for 2 hours.
- 21 Sep Some people want to eat a vat of Crème Fraiche A full nights sleep (even w the mauling from the mosquitoes)!! Up at 8 to prep for the grand breakfast.
- 22 Sep Nairobi- check! (and a dead dude) 9/22/18 We slept really well last night. I slept the whole night through and woke up at 9. Time to get this day started.
- 23 Sep Baby elephants and our lovely new friend Sam I could not wake up this am. Not sure if it was the awakening in the middle of the night from the air compressor sound…
- 24 Sep Carb loading before Kilimanjaro 9/24/18 We didn't sleep last night due to the bloodbath, at least it was a mosquito bloodbath and not ours.
- 4 Oct Barafu Camp Day 6 9/30/18 We had a later start this morning because the hike was supposed to take less than three hours.
- 4 Oct Baranco Camp Day 4 3900M 9/28/18 We slept pretty well last night, I slept mostly through the night while Andy slept off and on.
- 4 Oct First camp in the rain forest, Mti Mkubwa Camp 9/25/18 I was up because of the roosters crowing, however, Andy was up at five.
- 4 Oct From rain forest to Pygmy forest to plateau 9/26/18 Andy woke up before five to the sound of thousands of songbirds chirping. We both had a solid night sleep.
- 4 Oct Hakuna Shida Kilimanjaro Summit 19.5k 10/1/18 I was really nervous when we laying down to go to bed last night.
- 4 Oct Karanga Camp Day 5 4K 9/29/18 (Andy) We woke up at about 6 o’clock in the morning to ice all over the tent and it was cold.
- 4 Oct The Cathedral, Shira 2 Camp, Day 3; 9/27/18 The Germans were restless last night. At about 1 AM in the morning, they woke up and started having a full-blast…
- 6 Oct Best animal lover day ever at Tarangire National Park 10/3/18 All kinds of crazy noises throughout the night at the hotel. There were dogs howling, dogfights, drunk men going home…
- 9 Oct Arusha and it’s fine citizens 10/9/18 Today was our first day on our own since the previous days were all tours.
- 9 Oct Black Rhino in Ngorongoro 10/8/18 Up at 5 so we could head to the crater at 6. The road down into the crater was the worst of the bumpy rides since the…
- 9 Oct Serengeti day 1, Lions and Leopard 10/5/18 We stayed at the Njake Campsite last night by mosquito river. Andy got mauled on his feet (that’s why people don’t wear…
- 9 Oct Serengeti day 2, Lions and all the animals 10/6/18 Another amazing day! A full day safari. We saw: A buffalo’s tail was eaten off, birds were eating from the hole…
- 9 Oct Serengeti day 3 cheetahs!!! 10/7/18 I can’t get over how amazing this park is! We started early at 6 for a morning game drive.
- 9 Oct Sleeping by mosquito river and Lake Manyara 10/4/18 Last night wasn’t as a rowdy as I expected. We both fell asleep with our clothes on because it was way too warm to get…
- 10 Oct Glad we took the plane to Uganda 10/10/18 This am I emailed the gorilla tour group to confirm pickup for tomorrow.
- 14 Oct Gorillas in the mist 10/12/18 Let me just talk about how terrible I feel. I've had food poisoning for 2+ days and it's not getting better.
- 15 Oct The land of banana trees, tea leaves, and one less hippo 10/14/15 I'm finally feeling better. Godwin got me some pills from the pharmacy for $2; one to fight the amoeba in my stomach,…
- 16 Oct Alas, our private tour has come to an end... and chimp cuteness! 10/15/18 Up early again to start the day for the chimp tracking. It's easy to get up at 5:30 when you go to bed at 8 every…
- 17 Oct WHO cleared us of Ebola- you may now enter Rwanda 10/17/18 Yesterday we chilled at the lake. We took a tour of the lake. Actually, I should say we made a donation to elders with…
- 20 Oct Crazy beautiful Golden Monkeys at Volcanoes NP 10/18/18 Up early to catch the golden monkey tour, plus we just don't sleep late.
- 20 Oct Genocide and a day in Kigali Rwanda 10/19/18 I was up early, 4:30. It looked like there was sun outside our window but we were tricked.
- 21 Oct A bitch of a travel day to paradise with kitten 10/21/18 I don't feel bad for myself but I'm going to complain anyways because it was a MFer of a travel day.
- 22 Oct Driving on the wrong side of the road outside Stone Town 10/22/18 After breakfast today we headed into town to get the rental and explore.
- 24 Oct Super hero scuba and playing in the rain 10/24/18 We took our time yesterday am, we are definitely embracing the island life.
- 25 Oct Running on empty 10/26/18 I woke up in the middle of the night because the rain was so hard on the roof, it was a crazy downpour.
- 26 Oct Dubai- the most ridiculous city in the world 10/26/18 We got to the hotel by the airport at 12:30am. We thought we were making good time since we landed early, but the bus…
- 28 Oct Pyramids of Giza- a fantastic impromptu diversion 10/27/18 Up at 7 although we went to be at 2am. Sleeping in isn't going to happen.
- 29 Oct Old stuff, mummies, lovely Alexandria 10/28/18 We had a yummy breakfast again, my favorite meal of the day. We first walked through Tahrir Square (Liberation Square).
- 30 Oct What a day to wrap up Africa- in Alexandria 10/29/18 We had the most fantastic breakfast this am. Cheeses and meats and fresh warm breads as far as the eye could see.
- 1 Nov Bye Egypt; bring on the butter pretzels, käsespätzle, meat, beer, schnapps! 10/31 Yesterday was our last day in Egypt. We first hit up the local grocery store beside our hotel in search for spices.
- 4 Nov A fabulous intro to the lovely Innsbruck Austria 11/1/18 Simon's roommate, Jonas, was nice enough to let us sleep in his room while he stayed at his girlfriend's house last…