Mountain Gorilla

Gorillas

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June 2nd 2006
Today was a long and interesting day. Got up early and we headed as a group to the Uganda/Congo border. Our organizer for this trip, Daniel, had gotten us all stamped out of Uganda last night, but with todays date, so we could just get the Congo entry stamp and be on our way. Of course, we were on "African time", which is, special. So we waited around quite a while before leaving Uganda, then we w ... read more

Africa » Congo Democratic Republic

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Established as a Belgian colony in 1908, the Republic of the Congo gained its independence in 1960, but its early years were marred by political and social instability. Col. Joseph MOBUTU seized power and declared himself president in a November 1965... ... read more