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Ladies and gentlemen, here's to keeping fit all year round. Mt. Longonot or Ololongonot is located 60Km from Nairobi and it;s an inactive volcano in the rift valley region. It sits at about 2700m above sea level. The terrain ranges from beginner friendly to moderate as the slopes get really steep. We left Nairobi at about 6.00 am for the roughly 2 hr drive to the park gate, stopping over at the scenic Rift Valley view point for some sight-seeing and photography. We got to the gate and had an ice breaker activity to get to know each other just before the hike. As always, the hike starts with everyone in high spirits swearing to conquer both the figurative and literal mountains in their lives but this usually changes within minutes of increasing altitudes. If you are an OG reader of this blog, which hey, you should be, then you remember our Mt. Satima hike. Now, you cover longer distance when hiking Satima but Mt. Longonot is steeper. In fact going up Longono...

 Everyone needs a vacation once in a while just to re-ignite some positive vibes in their lives. What better way to blow some steam off than being surrounded by tropical beaches, sipping some Hennessy and soaking up some vitamin D; Okay that was a bit over the top lol but you get the drift. Having planned for this trip for years I decided this was it, it was now or never so I hit up my favorite girls and booked the SGR economy class tickets. It was time to pack up. Now I'm the type of person that convinces themselves that they have enough time to pack then end up packing 2 hours to departure time. How I still over pack in such a short time still blows my mind, anyway I digress Getting there My friends and I booked the 8.20 am inter county train. It was such a thrill, considering none of us has ever been on it before. The train is kept clean at all times and the service is A1. The only problem was that we weren't allowed to bring any food or drinks, we could buy in th...