Gorilla and baby in the bushes

Gorillas we nearly missed

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March 2nd 2006
There are only 700 or so Gorillas left in the wild, so how cool would it be to be able to trek to see some of them? The Gorillas live on a mountain range that forms the intersection of the Congo, Uganda and Rwanda. We wanted to try and trek to see the Gorillas from the Rwandan side, the side that Diane Fossey worked on who you may remember from the film Gorillas in the Mist. The night befor ... read more

Africa » Rwanda

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In 1959, three years before independence from Belgium, the majority ethnic group, the Hutus, overthrew the ruling Tutsi king. Over the next several years, thousands of Tutsis were killed, and some 150,000 driven into exile in neighboring countries. T... ... read more