here is part 2 of our journey with kylie's dad: climbing mt. longonot, an inactive volcano about an hour from nairobi.
if you are ever in kenya we highly recommend this hike. it took us about 6 hours to hike up the mountain, around the crater and back down in a leisurely vista enjoying fashion. it only took about an hour to reach the crater rim, so the majority of the hike was a beautiful ridge walk with the forested crater on one side and constantly changing panoramas of the great rift valley on the other.
now we are back in kapsowar again. right now our surgeon is away, one of the docs is home in the states on holidays, one is getting his medical license in order in nairobi and one is sick! this leaves ME running the hospital! aaaah! luckily the hospital has not been too crazy so far so it has been busy but manageable. i am looking forward to the kenyan and american docs coming back soon though (this wednesday and september respectively) and i really hope the other one gets better soon.also, our cousin stacey and her new husband andrew got married yesterday. congratulations guys! we really wish we could have been there. gleddie weddings guarantee a good time.
oh, and congratulations on the birth of baby oscar michaelia and jason! you guys will be great parents.
2 comments:
That hike looks AMAZING!! I'd been hiking around the north shore mountains, but sadly, they dont even compare.
Ok, I tried this once already, but I'll try it again - just for kicks. ;)
Thank you guys so much! We missed you, of course, but it was a great day. My brothers even arranged a 3-shotgun salute before we entered the steel building (where we had the reception - not that it was a shotgun wedding or anything, in case you were wondering....were you wondering?).
Looking at the pictures of your hike, I'm thinking Andrew and I should have honeymooned there instead of Mexico, where we ran into a hurricane and came back. Oh well. Next time in Africa!
Miss you guys tons! Let us know if you need a couple of hospital chaplains!
Love,
Stacey (and Andrew, of course) ;)
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