Lisa Looking

Gorilla land

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October 26th 2009
Geo: -1.20566, 29.6576Point number 14 on the permit stated…. Gorilla tracking can be challenging and you need to be reasonably fit … the place we were heading to is called Bwindi Impenetrable forest.. the funny thing is we did not notice these important points prior to heading out to track mountain gorillas. In hind sight the two adjectives we needed to be aware of were … moun ... 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