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In Search of Mountain Gorillas-Uganda

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February 9th 2010
Officially crossed over into Uganda. It is all green jungle here and very beautiful. The earth is rich and red and any seed that hits the ground is going to sprout. Our first stop was in Jinja where we stayed 3 nights in the dorm rooms at a really nice backpackers lodge. Our first day here most of the gang from our overland truck went rafting on the Nile. Since we had already done the Zambezi, ... read more

Africa » Uganda » Western Region » Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

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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