Gorillas, Chimps and Monkeys OH MY!

Africa » Rwanda
June 1st 2013

Published: June 1st 2013

Rwanda - we have come up with one word to explain this beautiful country: Complicated. Rwanda is the land of a thousand hills, the land of endangered mountain gorillas, the land of endangered chimpanzees, the land of 12 million people sustenance farming on a land mass less than half the size of Nova Scotia, the land of a genocide that killed a million people in 90 days, exactly 19 years ago. Where... Read Full Entry

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2nd June 2013

Jennifer
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How fascinating!

3rd June 2013

Alanna
non-member comment

Unreal!!!
I can't believe these photos! And the pic of the grave markers made me get a little somethin' in my eye.

3rd June 2013

Liz and Steve
Elizabeth Sinclair

i still can't believe we were that close to wild gorillas!
...we we are very glad we spent a day to hike to Dian Fossey too....

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