Why adventure travel ( Mongolia Trip- Day2)

After meeting up with a designated guide , we are on our own, on the first day. We ventured Ulan Bator . Not many high rise buildings as we normally see in the modern cities. Buildings are interesting & will post a couple of pictures on our first day before moving to Gobi Desert., Photo of the square in Ulan Bator

Why adventure travel ( Mongolia Trip)

Hi I have been away for a while & I am going to start writing on Mongolia trip. Again it is the same 3 of us , Me, MJ & Poh. This is realliy an interesting trip & lots of memories that I am going to share with you. Why we choose Mongolia, reason is simple as we want to conquer difficult places while we all still have the energy to endure the hardship along the way. MJ did all the reserach & we are supposdly to meet our guide in Ulan Batur. Our travel is via Beijing to Mongolian's capital. I would like to start the trip by introducing a mind boggling at least to me, that is the Gobi Desert, Used to be an ocean but it is the driest place on earth & the other one is Mongolian house called Ger. I am extracting some of interesting photos of Gobi Desert & the Ger. The GER, couple of Gobi Desert shots & Graham ( the person we interacts for the trip )& our guide. Enjo & will share more in the next post

Why Adventure travel (photos set 2))

Hi It is me again, & this time I had selected a couple of nice photos before I really leave Kilimanjaroo to move to Mongolia or Egypt, Photos shall includes Kili park entrance,3 friends getting ready for the climb, we need to have the stick to support ourself on the long walk, Photos with climbers comradie at one of the camp on the way up to the summit, Me & MJ infront of our tent. Me , MJ & the young guy infront of another campsite, U can now see the summit in the background, Dance show by Masai tribes,Entrance to one of the game park ( animal kingdom),Lion from the mountain approaching our van, Last but not least I need to include my friend Poh, here she is at the entrance to Kilimanjaro mountain. OK I will stop here & let U know that I will publish an e-book for the trip details as a simple guide for Malaysians, especially to get ourselves prepared to be on this majestic mountain.

Why adventure travel ( Photos)

This time , I will put in sets of photos sampled from the adventure in Kenya & Tanzania. 1)Pict of one of campsite, 2) getting ready for a climb & with guides in eth background, 3)Lions resting by the salt water pond in Ngorongo 4) 3 Stoogers, Me in yellow, MJ Jamal in Blue & Poh in White.5) Notices of Dos & Don't before climbing Mt Kilimanjaroo. With these photos & fond memories of Kilimanjaroo , I will leave this memorable trip & start on my Mongolia trip, Stay tuned...

Adventure travel ( finally I manage to put in photo)

Yes, I had finally manage to insert photos, an accomplishment, will continue adding photos to the post that I have below for U all to comments.

Why Adventure travel ( Nairobi airport)

Had left Ngorongoro & moved back to Nairobi to catch a flight back to M'sia, I felt very happy as I had accomplished what I had to do, Now it is time to go home, but before that i would like to share with U on some of unpleasant encounter on food. I guess eventhough that we are very adventurous, food hygiene is important to be observed. 3 of us were wandering along the town , feeling hungry & yearn for local food. Yes we found a restaurant & we have a big lady waitress & recommended to us the local dish. We chatted while waiting for our food , finally the food came & of course we ate. Delicious but unfortunately after we had done & paid the bill, my tummy was soo upset that I need to go to the restroom. I had a BIG surprise, there were flies, had never seen so many flies before & flies home is the toilet. It is not a modern toilet but an old one that U need to clear off the waste at the end of the day. Can't U imagine how I felt & I felt like vomitting at that point of time. only Allah knows how I felt at that time. then on I had to remind myself not to have a local food before U check the facilities. So long for the food surprise, time for us to go to the airport before boarding the flight back home. So long Mt Kilimanjaro, so long Lions. lioness, zebra, elephants, giraffe, cheetah. lakes... craters , so long our guides, drivers. It was a lovely adventurous trip that I will never forget.

Why Adventure travel ( Accident day & Serengeti)

It's me again after a long break from posting new stuff, I had met with an accident, first time in my whole driving life, It was so quick & it was so loud . I do not know what to do, by myself & it was fortunate that I was in a familiar surrounding. I wanted to buy pasembur ( mix of vegetables with a gravy) for my parents before both of them left for my hometown. I had frequented the restaurant for many years & the owner knew me , which makes it easier for me to face the situation. This is what I called as another form an adventure. More of the journey of dealing with an accident & what needs to follow next. My advice for me & as for the rest is to keep calm, do not create a scene & take one step at a time. BTW I still felt traumatized even couple of days had gone. OK guess I felt better after I had wrote it down.
The last notes was to move towards Serengeti & Ngorongoro Crater. Same as in Masai Mara it is an animal kingdom. By then we are about to get sick on animal. there is no more like ... Wow, Lions,, giraffe, elephant but more of OOh another groups of lions, another groups of zebras... I guess we were tired after the arduous journey of the Kilimanjaroo adventure. Nevertheless the landscape is a bit different from Masai Mara, we continued the journey & had done with it & moving back towards Nairobi, for us to the plane back to home sweet Home , Malaysia..The next posting will be photos. I promise U will get to see me clad in thick jacket at Gillman Points,,,, stay tune.

Why Adventure travel ( Serengeti/Moshi)

Hi, with all the excitement after 1 yr training & 6 days of climbing to the mountain , it is time to be on the Safari at Serengeti. On the way down our driver told us that Princess Diana had died. None of us believe him & we finally saw on newspaper, well we talked about it , but we had to continue on, We met a Christian
mercenary ( picture above)in a town called Moshi, a couple from Singapore who had devoted their time helping the people in Tanzania. we chatted & we were told of a shop that sells nice hot chicken & of course after gruelsome 6 days climb we did not want to miss the opportunity of eating this chicken. It was quite chilly & I was with my sarung & we found the place for our dinner, sat down & ate, truely enough , it is hot & we were sweating, We had a blast. While I was eating I remembered one important event that makes me feel that I am lucky to be a Malaysian. It happens when we were on the way down from the mountain where there is a kid who begged for a pencil but not money. I asked him why he asked for a pencil, he told me that he wanted to use for his study. Gosh, basic thing & we Malaysians take this thing for granted. So much so for Moshi, will continue with Serengeti ..

Why Adventure travel ( Kilimanjaroo descend )

Hi morning for Eastern folks and evening for Western folks, I would like to describe what is it like to descend from the mountain. It was interesting as I saw gravel for the last couple of metres up the mountain & I was not aware of it when I was up in 3.00am in the morning & started the climb, This is what U called an eadventure travel as I had mentioned earlier we never know what to expect & we were not prepared for it. Walking on the gravel was not in our gruelsome training list a year ago, amazing isn't it. Much U had anticipated based on all the information , there are still something missing, but I am really glad & it is really something that I cannot describe. Now I understand how is it like being on the top even though I was not really at the summit, reaching Gillman's Point is wonderful enough for a M'sian, . The feeling which U cannot utter in words, only being there U feel it. I really encourage young M'sians & for all young & old from all walks of life in the world to venture this adventurous climb. OK so much for that. I would call as gliding down the gravel, I remembered my guide was holding my hand & usher me to glide down & of course it took us only few minutes to reach teh boulders, instead of hours in the morning. By then the sun is up we reach the base camp & everyone is already down & few folks had congratulated me for being able to survive the ordeal, again teh climbers praised me as I was from hot countries conquering the cold snowcapped mountain... I am so proud to write my name in the book for those who had reached the summit & Gillman's Point. Proudly I took teh pen given by my Guide & stared writing my Full name & my beloved country & the memorable date. I Azizah Abdul Aziz from Malaysia had reached Gillman's Point on 31st Aug 1997, ( And yes I have the certififcate) For those who had captured the mountain & will be capturing the mountain, U can search from the list of names. I was frantically looking for any M'sian, I did find one , If I am not mistaken one from KL. If the person happens to read my blog, pls. send me an email. For that day I was the happiest person & I was grateful to Allah that made my dream comes true.....I was not fortunate to reach Uhuru peak as it was late & I had acquired mountain sickness, search through Youtube & found the videos of the on the summit, It is a sharing for me & all of U

Why Adventure Travel ( Mt Kilimanjaroo 2)

Hi, Part 2 of the journey towards Kilimanjaroo summit , reached the base camp before the final ascend to the top. It was so cold that I cannot sleep at nite. It was torturous everytime that I need to go to the restroom , cause I was wearing everything so thick to ensure to keep me warmth. We were told to be up by 3.00am in the morning & when the time comes 3 of us started our journey up with 2 guides . It is cold, difficult to go up & along the way 1 of us experienced mountain sickness & the guide had to bring her down. 2 of us continued walking & not long after that another one was affected by the mountain sickness, leaving me with to continue the journey up. Our jewish friend was nowhere to be seen. the climb is getting difficult every time until at one stage I cannot lift up my leg, It went in too deep & I had to use all my energy to lift up my leg in order to move to the next step, I had to stop everytime as I need to take a deep breath. My guide seems to be not affected at all by the thin air. He told me that it is only another 100 metres to reach Gillman Points, To me 100 metres seemed so far as I remembered like lifting a heavy stone in order to lift my leg & stop for every step. I was breathing very heavily & my guide keep on indicating to me to move forward . It was the first time in my whole life to have a feeling of Wanting to give up , but i have a stong will to continue . After all the heavy breathing & many stops, reached Gillman's Point & to my dismay I did experienced the mountain sickness too. I had vommitted immediately I reach the point, I had to stop before admiring the place & started taking a couple of shots.. I realized the sun is up & the guide adviced me to come down instead of to continue. I felt disappointed but I felt happy that I had met my goal, reaching the summit eventhough Gillman Points on 31st Aug. Well, after resting a while & seeing other climbers came down the summit , time for me to leave the place & started the descend.

real adventure,


Will continue on the journry to descend tomorrow.

Why Adventure Travel ( Mt Kilimanjaro Climb)

I am going to share with you the most memorable adventuorus travel that I had experienced, to reach the Gillman Point at 5685M , Undescribeable experience , I wish I am on the top of the Mountain but again U can wish, just U are not fated to reach the target. All 3 of us experienced the Mountain sickness at the different terrain height, Again I reached Gillman Point on the 31st aug, Malaysian National Holiday & a day world shall remember, the death of Pincess Diana , Yes i was at Gillman Point on 31st Aug 1997, I hope all of you believe this, again as I promised I will scan the photo for you to see. I am a proud Malaysia holding my Malaysian flag, It was so cold I could hardly able to hold my flag. That is the happiest moment after a 1 yr old training that we had endured. Before this happy moment I will share with you the journey from the base camp. We met a Jewish young guy & he tagged along with us from base camp all the way to the base summit He had just completed conquering another mountain in Kenya & he is going to try conquering Kilimanjaroo, Gees he is so fit , but again we think we will also be like him, We were assigned with guides, yes the guides are paid to bring all our staff, backpack, foods cause we need to stop at a couple of locations in order to get acclimatized to the wheather & the thin air . We walk non-stop depending how far to the place that we wanted to stop, sometimes it takes 3 to 6 hrs, we almost dead tired when we reach the camp, we had a hearty meals & of course a good sleep. I will snooze for the time being, & will continue sharing with you tomorrow.

Masai Mara Park part 2 ( Why Adventure travel)

Hi It is me again, This time I will start off with why I like an adventure travel, reason is simple, it is interesting , U are always alert, Nothing guaranteed , U do not know what to expect, on U do not know what is going to happen the next day & of course we live a bare minimum. It is like follow the breeze, that is how I feel & of course that is what happens when we are in Kenya & Tanzania game reserve. We still cannot find any Lions but we observe animal migration, My first time we were in the van & suddenly U can see heards of animals running in one direction, U can feel the earth moves & the sands in the air, it was amazing, zebras impallas, U name it. Man, it is happening & I am proud to be observing how nature evolves. Well good bye, Masai Mara park, Now moving towards Serengeti/ Moshi. This time we told our diver/ guide to just look for Lions, He did his best & went up the hilly & rocky areas as there are lions on the tree & the guide is looking for the place, again to our disappointment No LIONS, WHere are U lions... We drove around again, then to our surprise LIONS/LIONESS by the roadside, I saw 2 , then 3 & my God there were 6 of them, male, female & the kids lions, they were so close ~ 6 feet from our van,, We snapped photos, then we continue our journey & this time , we see more lions, this time on the hill terrain , by the lake & I felt like we were in the land of lions , reminds me of the story of the Land Of Giants. We spend almost the whole day savouring lions, admiring them snapping many lions position/ walking, sleeping , rolling by teh side, preying on Impallas , whatever we can capture. I was so happy & we were exhausted but we slept very well, Why... We finally achieved our goals..LIONS/LIONESS,, KIDS LION .I will add in the photos in my next write-up.. ( No digital photos at that time, I have to screen the images.... he..he..he.. old technology) We really have a great adventure for that particular day