At the airport in Amsterdam, waiting for the flight to Tanzania.
At the hotel in Moshi, planning the trip into Mozambique..
A market in Moshi, Tanzania.
Our first look at Kilimanjaro.
Edge, Eberly, and Aileen (who was with the four of us on Kili ), waiting for our permit issues to get resolved.
Along the trail on the first day of hiking...
Baboon!
Hiking through a cornfield on day 1.
Mawenzi Peak ( 16,890 ft ) in the early morning.
A frosty morning after the first night of camping at 8500 ft.
Aileen & John, with the mountaintop in the background.
Getting closer..
Hiking, with Mawenzi in the background.
Approacing camp for our second night on the mountain.
Camping above the clouds for the second night. ( 11,800 ft. )
Kilimanjaro in the early morning.
Porters on the trail.
Mawenzi Tarn camp for the 3rd night. ( 14200 ft )
Getting even closer..
The terrain high on the mountain.
The "We-ain't-got-no-job" crew (Left to Right): Rob Purvis, John Eberly, me, and Tim Edge.
On the hike toward Kibo Hut Camp, which is at approx. 15,500 ft.
Almost to Kibo Hut Camp. From there we started the final ascent at midnight.
Sunrise from Gilman's Point (18638 ft ), on the crater rim.
A glacier on the way to Uhuru peak.
looking down at the glacier, and the clouds far below..
Looking down into the crater...
The shadows of people standing at the peak.
The sign at the Uhuru peak.
Moses, one of our guides, and me, at the top. (19,340 ft.)
The whole crew of guides, porters, and cooks, with me in the background.
Safari, Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania.
A Baobab tree...
Elephant..
Giraffe..
Baby Elephant...
Elephants on the road..
The shoreline of the lake.
On the road to Serengeti..
Serengeti National Park.
Edge, on safari..
The Serengeti.
Lion & Cubs.
Evening in the Serengeti..
For lunch today... a Gazelle.
A Leopard sleeping in a tree..
The trafic jam caused by the Leopard sleeping in the tree..
Another evening in the Serengeti.
A Lion in the road..
Some good advice....
Elephants posing...
We broke down. Fortunately, we had some Kilimajaro Lager..
A Giraffe along the way to Ngorongoro Crater.
Eberly, pondering the vastness of the crater...
Inside the Safari-mobile..
A Cape Buffalo.
Zebra...
Zebra & Wildebeast crossing...
The group from the Tanzania safari.
Looking down into the crater.
Kendwa Beach, Zanzibar.
A Dhow.
Dhow in sunset.
Rob's evening swim..
Rob & John, preparing for another tough day on Kendwa Beach..
An old colonial government building in Stone Town, which is now a museum.
Stone Town, looking down from our hotel balcony.
A door in Stone Town.
Rob, John, and Tzvia, who we met during the Safaris in Tanzania.
Night market in Stone Town.
The airport in Pemba, Mozambique.
Roughing it, big time! The pool at our hotel in Pemba.
Fishermen in Pemba.
Eberly & Edge on the famous 14 hour bus ride from Beira to Inhambane, in Mozambique.
The bus broke down... Edge found Pringles.
The bus had a little crack in the windshield..
Dois-M Cerveja....
Rob & Tim, on a Dhow in Inhambane.
The front of the Dhow..
Me, on an island in the Bazaruto Archapelego.
Insert 2-M advertising slogan here..
Roughing-it in Tofo Beach.
The view from the porch.
Tofo beach
Overflow seating... at 45 mph.
No runway lights at the airport in Inhambane, so they put down candles to mark the runway for nightime landings..
The market in Maputo.
"Vota, Frelimo". One of the major political parties in Mozambique.
Quality Turkish Products...?
Evening in Maputo, as seen from the back of our hotel.
Maputo, from the air.
About to land on a dirt strip in the Okavango Delta.
Rob & John in a Makoro.
The Okavango Delta.
We were camping... technically.
Waiting..
On the walking safari.
View from the makoro.
He didn't get far.. but at least he didn't fall in.
Sunset over the delta.
Getting ready to fly out.
A watering hole, looking down from the Cessna.
Elephant crossing in the Chobe National Park.
Along the Chobe River, Botswana.
Crocs and Hippos, hangin' out on the riverbank.
More camping...
Elephants down by the river.
A Lion.
...and her cubs, in Chobe Natl Park.
Waiting for the boat to take us across the river to Zambia.
Mosi Lager..
Victoria Falls.
Vic Falls from the helicopter.
Rob, near the edge..
The Cape of Good Hope, in South Africa.
Eberly & Edge.
The Most South-Western Point on the continent..... So, what does that mean exactly?
Ostriches!
The remains of an old shipwreck.
Baboons!!!
They call traffic lights "Robots", in South Africa.
Camps Bay.
We climbed to the top of "Lions Head" overlooking Cape Town.
Table Mountain.
The End...
