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And then a flight home and back to cell phones and news and technology.
I really loved this trip - for some of the same reasons I liked the Kilimanjaro trip. There was a lot of time to just let your mind wander and you didn't have to think too hard about what you were going to do. Everything was done at a leisurely pace but there was always something to do. Camping for 11 nights wasn't bad and I got used to having sand in everything after a day or two and it didn't bother me as much as some of the others. I learned to not listen to the guides when they said the hike was easy and I could do them in my sandals - I just carried my trail shoes in my day pack and put them on whenever there was anything with rock scrambling involved which was most of the hikes. Just like Kili, the weather couldn't have been better so I think we got lucky on that front. All of the guides were great, each for different reasons, and while I didn't make any fast friends, I did met several people I really liked and it was easy to avoid those that I didn't. Definitely glad I did this!