Guest Bloggers: Israeli Sausage Toast

There will be (guest) blog. (Man that line never gets old.) Ilan and Sarah reporting for duty. We must say that we’re honored to be here, albeit a bit intimidated. As people whose names combine to the altogether unappealing “Slan” or “Iarah,” we really can’t compete with the smooth machinery that is “Lustin.” Alas, we will do our best.

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Kili Videos!

At the risk of Kili overkill (over-kili?), we thought we’d share a few of the short videos Laura shot during our trek. The first video (1:23) was taken on Day 2, after we arrived at Shira 2 Camp. You’ll notice that we seem pretty happy – the sun is shining, our breath sounds are normal, life is pretty good…

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Pole, Pole Up to Uhuru

Since our summit blog post gave away the punch line, I guess you all know that we made it to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro (the highest point in Africa), but the fun is always in the details, so I thought I’d share a few of the highlights from our trek up the mountain. We’ve also uploaded photos from the trek in our Kilimanjaro – Part 1 and Kilimanjaro – Part 2 albums.

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28 Things I Learned While Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro

Hi everyone! Dustin is working on a detailed play-by-play of our incredible trek up Kili (with pictures!) and should have it up sometime soon, but in the mean time, I thought I’d share some of the things I learned while climbing the big mountain.

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We Made It!

We’ll have many more details to share soon (the poor little internet here at L’Oasis Lodge in Arusha is slower than AOL dial-up circa 1995), but we wanted to let everyone know that Christi, Laura and I made it to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro yesterday!! Below is a photo of the three of us and our guides at the summit.

Dustin, Laura, Christi, Evans, and Hallelujah at the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro (Uhuru)

Will There Be Blog?

Almost six months ago, Laura kicked off our world travel blog with her sublimely titled There Will Be Blog entry. Given that it’s been more than six weeks since we flew from Thailand to Egypt to meet my brother for our Jewels of the Nile tour (also known as the Total Temple Torture Tour), and given that you, our patient readers, haven’t read word one about anything that’s happened on our trip since then (except for us surprising Ginny and Mark at their wedding in Currituck, NC), a reasonable question might be: will there be blog?

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