Clapton is GOD....

Yeah, yeah, I know, how more cliche London can you get than Big Ben.  Well seeing as these are supposed to be representative I thought get it out of the way now....  Much much more to follow.
Cheerio

Kenya Pics

I picked this top one because who could you not love the little Masai warrior in training giving me a thumbs up?  The second picture, as odd as it is, I still think it's pretty cool.  You can be the judge of that...

Holland pic...

Unfortunately I spent the least amount of time in Holland of any country.  I really liked it there, and no not for the shallow reasons you may infer, I actually thought it was a pretty cool place.  I was fortunate enough to meet some really cool people whilst I was there so I will make an effort to share the people of my trip as well as the sights going forward.  I can thank a very nice Dutchman I met, Pablo van Wetten, for reminding me a trip is 75% about the people, 25% about the destination.  You'll meet him later on.

Italy...

This is what you do on the Amalfi coast, except that you can't see my cocktail on the table to the me left (those are some pretty SICK trunks if I do say so myself).  This was the view from my chair at my hotel, crystal clear and warm Mediterranean beckoning....  Oh, and below is just a little proof that, yes, in Italy Unicredit (the bank I worked at after Merrill) is like B of A here, except of course way cooler.  These are warm up pics so bear with me.

Peru representative Pics

 These pictures are from my time in the Amazon.  Yes, that is a Spider Monkey on my shoulder, and yes that is a picture that I took of a caiman (relative of Crocs and Alligators).  I could've reached out and touched it, but thought better of that.  Next, on to Italy....

So sorry....

 Hello again!!  I'm so sorry for the radio silence.  I've now been back in the US for just over two weeks and I have been up to a lot what with school starting etc. that this is the first chance I've had to sit down and put stuff up.  I hoped that these two pictures might pique your interest, as you can see I did in fact make it to the top of Kilimanjaro.  The picture at the bottom is the sunrise from the top of Kilimanjaro, and what looks to you like ocean is actually clouds, yes we were that high above the clouds.  In short I had a great trip and will post a few more pictures for you tonight just to get you guys a little excited to check back occasionally.  I figured that since I visited 6 countries I would post six more representative shots to give you a feel for what went

on.  I thought that going forward I would post pictures in the chronological order of my trip.  Having taken copious notes. both written and mental, along the way, I will also provide what I would call entertaining dialogue to go along with the pictures.  I hope this finds you all doing fantastically as quite frankly that is how I am doing right now.  Even if you're not good things will happen if you tell yourself you're doing fantastically, take it from me, I speak from experience.  Man that sounded cheesy....

Odd thoughts....

I have made it back to Nairobi safe and sound and will be getting on a flight out of Africa in about 5 hrs... The weird/odd part is the fact that since I've been on safari the last few days I have just read the NY Times to see that there is some pretty intense rioting/looting going on in London as we speak. I never thought I'd be leaving Kenya for London and would be more worried about what would happen to me when I got off the plane than when I got on.... I will get some pics flowing once I can, probably when I land in the UK. I have decided that since I've been remiss in my postings what I will do is that when I finally so get home I will start to blog, with many great pictures, on a day-to-day basis trying to recreate my trip as best I can. By that I mean I'll leave you hanging on what I've been up to and start the messages as if I was where I was etc.... horrible grammar I realize but just give me a break here. Talk soon!!!

Jambo

I'm alive.... Details to follow, off to safari in Serengeti...

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