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Indomitable Uganda
we loved Uganda. its one of those places that some go because they either know that its safe through first hand accounts, or they are just plain adventurous souls or their families/ companies have business there. we are a combination of #1 and #2.
things we did and observed:
1) watching the school children every night dance and their …
Iskanje simpanzov v Kibale Forest
Nacionalni park je znan po najvecjem stevilu primatov v Afriki in zvezde glavne predstave so simpanzi. Ker skoraj nikamor tukaj ne prides brez posebnega prevoza, sva spet najela avto z voznikom. Na poti v gozd smo se peljali mimo ogromnih plantaz cajevca, ki je na tem obmocju zelo znacilen. Ko sva ob vstopu v park v knjigi gostov preverjala ali je …
Who can argue with evolution!!??
Not much to say......just check out the pictures. The intelligence of these magnificent, peaceful creatures is evident. They are so much like us in so many ways. And those eyes.....such depth.
MAGIC.
Gorillas!
This was THE most anticipated part of our trip. The whole reason we were doing it. And I really think the pictures speak for themselves so ill keep this short! The trek itself was absolutely HUGE we had to trek for nearly three hours up the biggest mountain I've ever climbed in my life, through the jungle with a guide with a gun and a machete! I personally was very ill the day of the trek and was concealing sneezes and a runny nose as half ...
Getting pissed with the Pygmies
... three times – from a blue t-shirt, to a pink shell suit jacket, to an orange t-shirt. I complimented him on the shell suit of course. We were shown around the village by the head woman who showed us the houses that the villagers live in – they were made with branches and they contained a fire and some beds – the beds unrecognisable as they were just spaces on the dirt floor with no bedclothes or anything. The oldest man had a larger house but ...