With a 13 hour layover in Istanbul, it was pretty obvious that we needed to see as much of the city as possible. We planned very carefully the places to see in such a short amount of time. We had three different printouts of descriptions. What we didn’t have was a map, or any information…

Our trip began with a stop in New Jersey. First, was a visit with Andy’s grandmother and aunt near the Jersey shore. Then, we went to Bradley Beach and saw his grandparent’s old house, where his father lived, and walked along the beach. Last stop was his Aunt Sue’s house, where we also left the…

Pole pole (slowly, slowly) is exactly how we made it to the top.  7 days of adventure, challenging and exciting. Glad to be done camping.  More to come later….

In 12 days we will be boarding a plane to Tanzania. While getting all of our final preparations done, I looked around to find the local forecast. I happened to find a detailed forecast for the top of Kilimanjaro. We’ll be keeping our eye on this in the hopes that we might see the snows…