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Africa: Kenya, Tanzania (Climb Mt Kilimanjaro), Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Sth Africa

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Arrival at Nairobi, Kenya 6am, Jono (brother) and I arrived in Nairobi the place I looked forward too, made infamous by the Sydney Morning Herald, as on the day tickets were booked an article was printed "Nairobi and other good place to get shot" referenced throughout the article as Naroberry we were ready, it only took 36 hours to arrive as well! Immediately on arrival the search for transport began, even having booked accommodation at one of our layovers.  Negotiation began and we managed to bargain down from 14,000 to 8,000 of what at the time was  called thingys due to a lack of knowledge, but there is no doubt that 8000 is better than 14000. A message left for Chris (brother) and Donnie (mate) at the airport to take us to the same hostel. On arrival it turned out the booking did not matter as they took us to the wrong place anyway, still an hour later the other two arrived and day one in Africa was about to begin. We booked our self a driver and arranged for...