Category Archives: Africa

Ambroseli Safari – Kili Initiative 2019 # 19

December 29, 2019 – 5:50 pm

My night after the goat intestine soup was a rough one. I lost count of how times I hit the toilets and blew my chips in the bushes. Ma’we came out once and asked, “You want to go to hospital?” I shook my head. “I’ve only been to the hospital once in my life. At […]

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Goat BBQ Loitokitok – 2019 Kili Initiative #18

December 16, 2019 – 11:34 pm

I returned to the Kibo Slope GH after a few glasses of Konyagi. Woody had set my tent away from the rest of the team. I said nothing, but someone must have have complained about my not washing for a week. div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”> Not Larry, because both of us hadn’t changed […]

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Solo – 2019 Kili Initiative # 17

December 14, 2019 – 10:20 pm

I come from a city of millions. Sometimes I don’t speak to anyone in a day. I consider those days as the way of silence. Like the Poor Clare Nuns living under a vow of silence. Dawn broke early of the Kibo Lodge Guest House. We woke for morning exercise. Across the gully the Prayer […]

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Relax Chez Kibo Huts – 2019 Kili Initiative # 16

December 12, 2019 – 2:35 pm

The 2019 Kili Initiative team was happy to be at the Kibo Slopes Guest House in Loitikikok. I hadn’t been eaten by hyenas, no one had gotten sick, and we had conquered the birthplace of all thorns, Lolapange. Larry’s ankle was a little tweaked from the morning run, otherwise we were in one piece. “How […]

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Loitokitok by Foot- Kili Initiative # 15

December 11, 2019 – 4:11 pm

The Kili Initiative 2019 team assembled at 5:55 for pre-dawn calisthenics. JM cancelled the morning jog, because the young people, Fast Steve, and JM were running from our campsite to Loitokitok. The team skipped breakfast to avoid stomach cramps. Johnny, the driver, loaded the backpacks, tents, and equipment onto the tuk-tuk. The ten runners set […]

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