When I was still a child, I read "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" by Ernest Hemingway. Reading it for the first time gave me a strong 1 to see this well-known mountain2 .
Then in my early 20s, I 3 a man who had been to Kenya. He saw and described Kilimanjaro as a mountain standing by itself in the middle of the African plain, 4 by ice on its summit (山顶). This5 my desire to see the mountain with my own eyes, and perhaps even climb it.
About 10 years later, I travelled to Havana, Cuba and spent some time6 the home of Ernest Hemingway. This trip7 my love for "The Snows of Kilimanjaro". This was a8 of my soul, and the 9 , and desires I had so long ago as a(n)10 . It was at this moment that I11 I was going to climb Kilimanjaro.
Vancouver to Africa is a great12 , so I decided to put some add-ons to my planned13 . The first would be an expedition ( 探 险 ) across the Sahara Desert,14 by travelling up the source of the Nile. It would finish at my15 goal of Kilimanjaro. This would be a journey to16 : to cross the world's greatest desert, 17 the river that moves through one of the cradles of civilization, and climb the tallest mountain in Africa.
After ending the journey, I wrote a novel which18 this trip, sharing how much I enjoyed each moment of it, and how19 each day became on its own. This remarkable and special journey will be 20 in my heart.
