Well, it is finally here, tomorrow is the day we leave! Yep, we are really going. I mean would we have gotten all those needles just for fun? Nope! Would we have drank that disgusting diarrhea potion just for kicks? Nope! And would I have spent all those hours with Tunturi (whom I still dislike) if this was all a hoax? Nooo Way! We are really leaving for Tanzania tomorrow! We are flying out of Toronto tomorrow for a 7 hour flight to Amsterdam, a short layover, then back on the plane for another 8 hours to Tanzania. Thankfully, we'll have Sunday to relax, tour around, get organized, and take our final showers for the week (eww, we're going to be nasty).
I don't know how much internet access we'll have while we're there, but I'm taking along a handy-dandy notebook to write about our daily hikes/adventures/misadventures, etc. so I'll be sure to update the blog once we're back. Our hike will start on Monday, and we'll do about 4-8 hours of hiking each day, however the killer will be on March 3rd as we attempt the summit. We will be leaving at midnight to try to get up to the summit for the sunrise, then once at the top (if we make it) we will have a short celebration, take some pictures, wipe away Dan's tears of excitement...or mine;) Then we'll head back down quickly, which should take about a day and a half. They say the summit day could be about 15 hours of hiking, so pray for us...we'll want to quit, cry, strangle each other, quit, be carried, quit, fall asleep, and probably quit. Or who knows, it might not be that bad (wishful thinking). But we would still appreciate your prayers throughout our adventure.
Then on March 5th we'll start our 5 day safari. That will be the relaxing part of the vacation, as long as we're not being chased by the lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Yeah, yeah I know there isn't going to be any tigers and bears, calm down people!
Goodbye for now, and we'll see you when we get back :)
