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i'm having post-trip depression. i'm already thinking about going back to tz this dec! i even cried a little when i got on the shuttle back to nairobi.

thank you, everyone for being so supportive of me, helping me out with EVERYTHIGN especially with my lost luggage (especially francesca, court, madhu and jonathan)! jonathan, soyan, marisa, sean, i hope you guys get your stuff back soon!

p.s. i'm thinking about signing up for mt rainier in the summer. if i remember correctly, it's like $700, a 3 day thing. first day's all training. if any of you are interested, let me know and we can figure something out!

Cheer up, chickie!

So what was the first thing you ate when you got home??? I had pho! Remember our talk about food and eating..lol! Ever get your 7 Up?

I finally got my stuff on the way home in Nairobi (missing a pair of shoes, at least..haven't been thru the whole bag yet..doh!). Goes to show that you don't need much to climb a mountain, good friends go a long way. Thanks, Madhu, Mary, Tracy, Freesia, Alexa, Jen, Johnathan and Soyan for lending me clothing, bandanas, and iodine tabs, dollars in Zanzibar, and of course a huge thanks to the porters assistance project and Zamo for the clothing and poles as well. Enough of being sappy

Rainier..hmm...um..wasn't I the one saying my mountaineering career is over?

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Originally posted by Marisa:
So what was the first thing you ate when you got home???

I had sushi. Yummy!!

I've been home for almost a week now and I'm still totally sad that the trip is over. I keep looking at my pictures over and over again... Despite my disappointment on Kili I still had an *amazing* time. We should all do it again soon!

i had some boring dinner when i got home.. too exhausted and sad to go out. i had rice, bbq pork, some bok choi, and i drank orangina. but then the next night i went out and pigged out on hummus, olive tapenade, cheese, yummy bread and wine.

i still haven't gotten over my jetlag.. weird. and i've had a lot of dreams about TZ too. i guess i really do miss it there.

speaking about dreams of TZ...anyone else having dreams of elephants, or is it just me?

No dreams about elephants, but I've been eating non-stop ever since I got home. The first thing I had was a big chunk of venison loin (from a deer I shot this fall) mmmmmmmmmm-tasty! I've also been drinking lots of wine.

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Originally posted by Marisa:
speaking about dreams of TZ...anyone else having dreams of elephants, or is it just me?

I did have dreams of the animals and also dreamt of the fog on the mountain.

Am a little absent minded since I landed yesterday. I was looking for my passport today ..took me a moment to notice that I don't need it anymore.

No more mountains for the time being. My knees still wobble!! I think I need to retire them for a long while.

I have XM satellite radio so to at least make it sound like I'm still in Tanzania, I've been listening to the African music channel. It's not the same - I know - but at least it's making the work day a bit more pleasant...

i emailed donovan about maybe sending out a list of everyone's info so we can all keep in touch or somehing.. he said that he'd snd something out later this week.

madhu, i was beginning to woryr about you! i hadn't seen you posting anything since i got back! tell mary and cindy i said hi.

i got my pictures developed the other day and i keep on looking through them, even in class. :sigh:

about the whole food thing.. my stomach has not been adjusting well to the food back home! ughhh... i've bene afraid to eat any 'fancy' food.

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Originally posted by xoom:
madhu, i was beginning to woryr about you! i hadn't seen you posting anything since i got back! tell mary and cindy i said hi.

Am fine...2nd day at work. Not very inspiring to come back to shit load of things and a empty house. Miss all the company and people.

I bought a bunch of CD's from various African artists..listening to them while i go through 770 emails!

madhu! glad you're back and safe! yeah you're not the only one that's feeling like 'ugh' after coming home. what kidn of music did you get? i was really hoping i'd have enough time to pick up some R&B/hiphop from tanzania but i didn't have a chance to. i don't suppose you could burn me a couple o fthem?? i'll pay for everything, and some more on top of that!

I bought a CD of those dudes from the first night of safari (the fire in the pants dudes). It is pretty good - I can burn copies of it if anyone wants. Send me your mailing address to teama2k@yahoo.com or cpb@barr.com

Ya, it sucks to be back at work.

Chuck

I got non Hip Hop..sorry! I left my hip hop days way behind.

I got Salif Keita, Miriam Makeba ( not TZians but from other parts of Africa)Then I got some Arabic music compilations. Women singers from Arabia and then some "chill" music from Arabia ( still have not heard these CD's)

Nothing was open in Dar..so I got this music in Heathrow in the Virgin store.

I don't have CD buring on my laptop...if I get it (am very lazy with technology) I will burn these for you.