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Tanzania to Kenya trip.

/Packing list
/Food
[Drive Folder full of Google Maps] for tracking POIs

Day -2/-1 ✈️: Seattle → Zanzibar[edit]

July 7-9

Stay (Wednesday July 9): [TODO]

Itinerary:

Flight from SEA @ time → ZNZ @ time

Resources:

Zanzibar WikiVoyage

Day 0-4: 🚲 around Zanzibar[edit]

Thursday July 10

Stay: Horizon Palace [DONE]

Send the bike box to Nairobi (DHL)

Resources:

Checklist for the day

Buy white gas
Assemble bicycles and get packed/ready to go
Test ride bicycles to ensure we're ready to go

Friday July 11

Saturday July 12

Sunday July 13

Monday July 14

Day 5: 🛥️ from Zanzibar → Dar es Salaam[edit]

Tuesday July 15

Stay
Food: breakfast: ; lunch: ; dinner:
Weather: Hot (~30/~20C).

Notes

Alternative Lodging:

Day 6-16: 🚲 Dar es Salaam → Ngorongoro Crater[edit]

About 550km from Dar es Salaam to Moshi; about 450km around Kilimanjaro to Ngorongoro.

Wednesday July 16

Thursday July 17

Friday July 18

Satday July 19

Sunday July 20 (short trip day?/hotel?) Near Kilimanjaro

Monday July 21 Kilimanjaro

Tuesday July 22 Kilimanjaro

Wednesday July 23 Arusha

Thursday July 24

Friday July 25 Ngorongoro?

Saturday July 26Ngorongoro?

Route options:

Day 17-19: 🛻 Guided tour Ngorongoro → Ndabaka Gate[edit]

Sunday July 27

Monday July 28

Tuesday July 29

TODO: get a guide

Day 20-25: 🚲 Lake Victoria to Nairobi[edit]

About 550km

Wednesday July 30

Thursday July 31 Visit Mika?

Friday Aug 1

Saturday Aug 2

Sunday Aug 3

Monday Aug 4

Tuesday Aug 5 Nairobi!

Post-adventure[edit]

Wednesday Aug 6 Wikimania

Thursday Aug 7 Wikimania

Friday Aug 8 Wikimania

Saturday Aug 9 Nairobi to home

Places to visit[edit]

Mi wants to see some animals at one of the havens run by this group.

Things to remember[edit]

For future trips:

@@ Line 8: / Line 8: @@
 * [https://ridewithgps.com/routes/36038895 Someone's TZ trip]
+* [https://www.globalhighlights.com/tanzania/weather-in-july TZ weather in July] - hot in Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam; cooler near Kilimanjaro.
 TODOs
-* Find a person who can receive our bike boxes in Nairobi (?hotel?)
+* get a travel insurance {{done}}
-* Find a person who can take our laptops to Nairobi
+* get permethrin spray for clothes {{done}}
-* Coordinate bike box sending from Zanzibar to Nairobi (DHL seems like a good option); or alternatively, Dar Es Salaam to Nairobi.
+* make an appointment at a travel clinic in May to get vaccines {{done}}
-* Get fuel in XXX?
+* bring back the bike box from Baltimore (Mika) {{todo}}
-* Pack bikes
+* Find a person who can receive our bike boxes in Nairobi (?hotel?){{todo}}
+* Find a person who can take our laptops to Nairobi {{todo}}
+* Coordinate bike box sending from Zanzibar to Nairobi (DHL seems like a good option); or alternatively, Dar Es Salaam to Nairobi. {{todo}}
+* Get fuel in XXX? {{todo}}
+* Pack bikes {{todo}}
-== Day -1 ✈️: Seattle → Zanzibar ==
+Flights
+* Mi: 7/7 SEA-DOH on QR 720: 1) leaving at 4:30PM Seattle time and arriving at 5:05PM in Doha, 2) leaving at 2:10AM from Doha and arriving in Zanzibar at 8AM.
+== Day -2/-1 ✈️: Seattle → Zanzibar ==
 ''' July 7-9'''
-;Stay (Wednesday July 9):  {{TODO}}
+;Stay (Wednesday July 9):  {{todo}}
 Itinerary:
@@ Line 31: / Line 39: @@
 * [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Zanzibar Zanzibar WikiVoyage]
-== Day 0-4: Zanzibar ==
+== Day 0-4: 🚲 around Zanzibar ==
 '''Thursday July 10'''
-;Stay: {{TODO}}
+;Stay: Horizon Palace {{done}}
-* Send the bike box to Nairobi
+* Send the bike box to Nairobi (DHL)
 Resources:
@@ Line 47: / Line 55: @@
 '''Friday July 11'''
 '''Saturday July 12'''
 '''Sunday July 13'''
 '''Monday July 14'''
-== Day 5: Ferry from Zanzibar → Dar es Salaam ==
+== Day 5: 🛥️ from Zanzibar → Dar es Salaam ==
 '''Tuesday July 15'''
@@ Line 57: / Line 68: @@
 ;Stay:
 ;Food: breakfast: ; lunch: ; dinner:
-;Weather: Hot (/ -> /C).
+;Weather: Hot (~30/~20C).
 ;Notes:
@@ Line 68: / Line 79: @@
 '''Wednesday July 16'''
 '''Thursday July 17'''
 '''Friday July 18'''
 '''Satday July 19'''
-'''Sunday July 20'''
-'''Monday July 21''' Near Kilimanja
+'''Sunday July 20''' (short trip day?/hotel?) Near Kilimanjaro
-'''Tuesday July 22'''
-'''Wednesday July 23'''
+'''Monday July 21''' Kilimanjaro
-'''Thursday July 24'''
-'''Friday July 25'''
+'''Tuesday July 22''' Kilimanjaro
-'''Saturday July 26'''Ngorongoro
+'''Wednesday July 23''' Arusha
+'''Thursday July 24'''
+'''Friday July 25''' Ngorongoro?
+'''Saturday July 26'''Ngorongoro?
 Route options:
 #
+== Day 17-19: 🛻 Guided tour Ngorongoro → Ndabaka Gate ==
-== Day 17-19: Guided tour Ngorongoro → Ndabaka Gate ==
 '''Sunday July 27'''
 '''Monday July 28'''
 '''Tuesday July 29'''
 * TODO: get a guide
-== Day 20-25: Lake Victoria to Nairobi ==
+== Day 20-25: 🚲 Lake Victoria to Nairobi ==
 * About 550km
 '''Wednesday July 30'''
-'''Thursday July 31'''
-'''Friday Aug 1'''
+'''Thursday July 31''' Visit Mika?
-'''Saturday Aug 2'''Ngorongoro
+'''Friday Aug 1'''
+'''Saturday Aug 2'''
 '''Sunday Aug 3'''
 '''Monday Aug 4'''
 '''Tuesday Aug 5''' Nairobi!
+== Post-adventure ==
+'''Wednesday Aug 6''' Wikimania
+'''Thursday Aug 7''' Wikimania
+'''Friday Aug 8''' Wikimania
+'''Saturday Aug 9''' Nairobi to home
 == Places to visit ==