Travel plus

Today I am writing you to describe the past three days in the life of a traveling simpleton, me. On January 29th, I arrived at Philadelphia International an hour ahead of schedule. Having already checked two bags and waited for five hours of layover, I flew into London, England on the 30th. I arrived at 8 am and waited with many of my peers for 11 hours until the next flight to Kenya would depart. Let's just say it's been a long three days and I'm seriously tired. After discovering that my large luggage/checked bag had been badly torn, I felt as though my luck was only getting worse. Boy was I wrong.

Kilimanjaro Bush Camp is all that it has been talked up to being. So far, all I have seen is a small herd of giraffe and zebra, as well as a resident troop of baboons amongst the bandas(our houses) and even that is enough to be rewarding. Though I have only had 3-5 hours of sleep total on this journey, I am happily informing you that my trip has been going great. The people are awesome and Africa is a dream come true. Living the dream baby, living the dream.

And it's Monday...

bro tip #1544
whenever you think about giving up, think about why you've kept going for this long.

-Ian

are you ready?

So today I spent all of my time packing. Just getting everything ready to go before the three days of travel begins. SO pumped right now it isn't even funny. That's why I couldn't wait to post the first legitimate blog entry. No regrets, leaving the few haters I have behind as well as all the things I'll miss the most.

But then again... some things never change.

bro tip #1537
don't be the guy who endures everything. be the guy who enjoys everything.

Shout out to my beautiful better half, Taylor. I wish you the best of luck for this week and the entirety of the semester. And yes, brotips can be applied to women. I'd say they are more.. tips FROM a bro. Shout out to all my DU  bros. Don't go too hard on the PNM's and eventual pledges. Sorry Kyle and I took half of your swag with us abroad suite-mates, but don't be alarmed. There are two of you with DU swag tattoos. I also want to hear about the sickest DU parties when I'm abroad. Just cause I'm not physically there doesn't mean I'm not there in spirit.

-Ian

Test Run

Hey all of no one who is following me right now! This is a test to see if this blog is going to work. Enjoy this picture of Spike from CCI.