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Gorillas in the Impenetrable Forest

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January 24th 2006
Our journey to track the Mountain Gorillas began in Kampala Bus Park at 6:30 am. The bus only started at 8:00 am as it is common practice for the bus owners to start only after the bus is full ! After a loooong day on the bus, we reached Butogota around 5:30 pm. We got a pick-up ride to Buhoma, the entry to Bwindi National Park. We stayed at Buhoma Community Bandas, a non-profit organization that ... read more

Africa » Uganda

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Uganda achieved independence from the UK in 1962. The dictatorial regime of Idi AMIN (1971-79) was responsible for the deaths of some 300,000 opponents; guerrilla war and human rights abuses under Milton OBOTE (1980-85) claimed at least another 100,0... ... read more