Africa
Tips to trekking up Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro is probably the number one destination for wannabe climbers who want to achieve the highest possible altitude that they can safely, within a short period of time. There may be other similar challenges offering different angles – such as the two-day ascent of Mt Kinabalu in Borneo, the trek to the ultimate mountain destination, Everest […]
6Feb2013 | Alex | 7 comments | Continued
Star Wars in Tunisia
Tunisia on the coast of North Africa is neatly sandwiched between Libya and Algeria, with its southernmost part embedded in the awesome Sahara Desert. Its history goes back to ancient times, when the great city of Carthage was a serious rival to imperial Rome and ended up being flattened at the end of a ruthless […]
22Jan2013 | Alex | 2 comments | ContinuedScuba Diving the Carnatic ship wreck in the Red Sea, Egypt
We set sail from the Marriott hotel with the Aquarius Dive Club www.aquariusredsea.com at around 0730 with the hope of diving the Giannis D. Its position in the Red Sea makes it often not possible to dive, due to the strong currents and rough sea. We were the last people on the boat and everyone […]
7Jan2009 | Alex and Dorota | 4 comments | ContinuedScuba Diving the Giannis D ship wreck in the Red Sea, Egypt
Diving the Giannis D was most definately my favourite dive whilst we were in Egypt. We were very lucky to be able to dive the wreck as we were told that there was a 50-75% chance of us not being able to dive there. This is due to the cross winds over this point in […]
7Jan2009 | Alex and Dorota | 2 comments | Continued
Charity Challenge 2009?
Well it is coming up to the end of the year and I am thinking of what I can do for my next upcoming charity challenge. Unfortutely it can’t be too active, well by that I mean I can’t do any repetitive knee movements (well not for the next 6 months). I injured my knee […]
3Dec2008 | Alex | 6 comments | Continued
The Amani Children’s New Playground
Following on from my posts about climbing Kilimanjaro for charity I was really pleased to recently get an email from Valerie the director of the Amani Childrens Home. Just a little over a year ago a group of 7 of my friends and I succesfully summited Mount Kilimanjaro by the Machame route raising just over […]
17Oct2008 | Alex | 0 comments | Continued
Back from Kilimanjaro, in Moshi
I tried so hard to lye in bed as was so knackered from the climb but due to the habit of getting gup at 0630 I was wide awake. I went for breakfast and most of the others had the same problem and were there too. We got taxis into town and were jumped on […]
6Apr2008 | Alex | 2 comments | Continued
Climbing Kilimanjaro Day 6
Ok now i am feeling incredibly so knackered! It’s 4am and we have a 7-8 hour trek to the summit, it’s so cold here at Barafu camp 4600m. I am so glad for my brother Kyle lending me his thermals. It is pitch black and we will be walking like this for 1.5 hours. Thanks […]
5Apr2008 | Alex | 6 comments | Continued
Climbing Kilimanjaro Day 5
Well after a reasonably relaxed trek up to Barafu Camp the clouds are scatted being able to see Africa as well as its sky. We will be ascending either around midnight this evening or 0400 tomorrow morning. Either way I’m not going to get any sleep. Everyone else is asleep in the tents i just […]
4Apr2008 | Alex | 0 comments | Continued
Climbing Kilimanjaro Day 4
Today was our first lye in, we didn’t need to get up until 0700. After the world’s worst breakfast consisting of cornflakes with hot water and milk powder we set off to Karango. It’s only taken about 5 hours to get here. Lots of ups and downs but now we are at the top of […]
3Apr2008 | Alex | 0 comments | Continued
